Sam Shepard (1943-2017)

Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, died of complications from ALS, Thursday, July 27, 2017, at his home in Kentucky. He was 73.

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Mon., July 31, 2017

In this Sept. 29, 2011, file photo, actor Sam Shepard poses for a portrait in New York.

Charles Sykes Associated Press
This image released by Netflix shows Sam Shepard from the original series, "Bloodline." 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, died of complications from ALS, Thursday, July 27, 2017, at his home in Kentucky. He was 73.

Saeed Ayani Associated Press
This image released by Netflix shows Sam Shepard from the original series, "Bloodline." Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, died of complications from ALS, Thursday, July 27, 2017, at his home in Kentucky. He was 73.

Saeed Ayani Associated Press
FILE- This April 26, 2006 file photo shows Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange as they arrive to the premiere of his film, "Walker Payne," during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, died of complications from ALS, Thursday, July 27, 2017, at his home in Kentucky. He was 73.

Diane Bondareff Associated Press