Remembering Sam Shepard
The legendary American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and actor died at the age of 73.
Sam Shepard was a titan of American theater whose darkly funny, sometimes surreal, and often frightening evocations of the fringes of American life formed the backbone of a storied career as a writer and actor. He at his home in Kentucky at the age of 73 of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, according to a spokesman for the family. Shepard is best remembered for writing plays like the Pulitzer Prize-winning , , and , as well as a film career that included and dozens more.
