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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsRest in Peace, Sam Shepard
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.htmlSam Shepard, the celebrated avant-garde playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky. He was 73.
A spokesman for the Shepard family said the cause was complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrigs disease.
One of the most important and influential early writers in the Off Broadway movement, Mr. Shepard captured and chronicled the darker sides of American family life in plays like Buried Child, which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1979, and Curse of the Starving Class and A Lie of the Mind.
He was widely regarded as one of the most original voices of his generation, winning praise from critics for his searing portraits of spouses, siblings and lovers struggling with issues of identity, failure and the fleeting nature of the American dream. He was nominated for two other Pulitzers, for True West and Fool for Love, which both received Broadway productions.
Mr. Shepard was also an accomplished actor, nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role in The Right Stuff. His most recent work was in the Netflix show Bloodline, where he appeared as the character of Robert Rayburn. He also appeared on New York stages, winning strong reviews for his performance in the Off Broadway production of Caryl Churchills A Number in 2004...
A spokesman for the Shepard family said the cause was complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrigs disease.
One of the most important and influential early writers in the Off Broadway movement, Mr. Shepard captured and chronicled the darker sides of American family life in plays like Buried Child, which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1979, and Curse of the Starving Class and A Lie of the Mind.
He was widely regarded as one of the most original voices of his generation, winning praise from critics for his searing portraits of spouses, siblings and lovers struggling with issues of identity, failure and the fleeting nature of the American dream. He was nominated for two other Pulitzers, for True West and Fool for Love, which both received Broadway productions.
Mr. Shepard was also an accomplished actor, nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role in The Right Stuff. His most recent work was in the Netflix show Bloodline, where he appeared as the character of Robert Rayburn. He also appeared on New York stages, winning strong reviews for his performance in the Off Broadway production of Caryl Churchills A Number in 2004...
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Rest in Peace, Sam Shepard (Original Post)
blogslut
Jul 2017
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jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)1. Purgatory
genius film....brilliant and drop dead gorgeous man.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)7. and that voice
*SWOON*
lunasun
(21,646 posts)2. RIP great writer and actor
ADX
(1,622 posts)3. Rest in peace, Mr. Shepard...
...thanks for the movies, the plays, and the memories...
Kaleva
(36,298 posts)4. One of the greats.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)5. Dude was a Renaissance man.
We have fewer and fewer guys like that around, and it's a damn shame.
Thanks for all the fine work, Sam.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)6. It breaks my heart