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Actor/Playwright Sam Shepard Dead At 73
Topic Started: Jul 31 2017, 10:28 AM (114 Views)
Tybee
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Hollywood actor Sam Shepard has died aged 73.

Shepard had reportedly been ill for some time and died on Sunday at his home in Kentucky, Broadway World reported.

He was surrounded by his family when he died, according to the website.

Shepard was an actor, playwright, director and screenwriter.

He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff.

Shepard had relationships with singer Patti Smith and a long-term relationship with American actress Jessica Lange.

He has written over 40 plays and many essays, memoirs and short stories.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/sam-shepard-dead-73-oscar-10907061
Edited by Tybee, Jul 31 2017, 10:30 AM.
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Something about Sam always screamed "sizemeat"!
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When he was young he was one good looking man. And yes, he definitely had that classic ectomorph BDF.
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Some reports say ALS. What a gruesome way to pass.
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RIP Sam
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We knew a sister who perspired from that at the age of 45.

Of course her drug use did not help matters any.
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Sam Shepard battled ALS for several years — all without the news ever making it to the public.

The famous playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, who died on Thursday at 73 from complications from the disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, continued to commit himself to his work until his final days.

"Sam was very private and shied away from publicity, and hence he was quiet about this too," his longtime editor at Knopf publishing, LuAnn Walther, told People. "Even in these last years when it was hard, he was just constantly writing."

His most recent work of fiction, "The One Inside," was released in February. The star's final film, "Never Here," was shot in 2015 and 2016, but the director Camille Thoman said he didn't appear sick during most of the filming.
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Horrible disease. I had 2 work associates who died from it. No rhyme or reason as to how long people have once diagnosed. Some people die within a few years, others (like Stephen Hawking) live with it for decades. Apparently there are different types of the disease, some kill fast and some don't. They say once an ALS patient has to go on a ventilator more often than not it isn't long before pneumonia kills them.
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