News Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Road,’ dies at 89 June 14, 2023 Barbara VanDenburgh, USA TODAY Comments Off on Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Road,’ dies at 89 Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Road" and "No Country for Old Men," has died of natural causes at 89.