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Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. [1] . He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs.
- 1963–2017
- Samuel Shepard Rogers III, November 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, U.S.
- Mt. San Antonio College
- July 27, 2017 (aged 73), Midway, Kentucky, U.S.
Jul 31, 2017 · NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has died. He was 73.
- jcoyle@ap.org
- Film Writer And Critic
The acclaimed actor, playwright and writer died last Thursday at 73 of complications from ALS, a representative for his family said. He fought the neurodegenerative disease for a “couple years,”...
Apr 8, 2024 · Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, near Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.—died July 27, 2017, Midway, Kentucky) was an American playwright and actor whose plays adroitly blend images of the American West, Pop motifs, science fiction, and other elements of popular and youth culture.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who became a movie star with his Oscar-nominated portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff," died at his home in Kentucky. He...
Jul 31, 2017 · Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard died in Kentucky last week following a battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a spokesperson for the family...
Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard, the respected Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-nominated actor, has died. He was 73. Shepard died Thursday from complications from ALS at his home in Kentucky, according...
