Posted on 07/31/2017 9:07:01 AM PDT by servo1969
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.
A family spokesperson said Monday that Shepard died Thursday at his home in Kentucky from complications related to Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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I liked his Alan Shepard.
ALS is not a good way to go.
he was a good actor-
He was Chuck Yeager in, “The Right Stuff,” and BG Garrison in, “Blackhawk Down.” Great actor.
I had a cousin die of ALS and it is heartbreaking :(
Chuck Yeager
You are right...my bad.
Once I saw the photo, I realized I had him wrong.
He was great in The Right Stuff. ALS is a terrible disease — I watched a good friend die of ALS — it was death by inches — horrible.
Just don’t ever do it again...:)
Rest in Peace, that is a horrible disease.
I'm grateful to be 73.5 and in good health.
He did not age well.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4259540659001/?#sp=show-clips
Shepard was a natural onscreen, winning fans in the early ‘80s with roles in films such as The Right Stuff for which he earned an Oscar nomination.
https://www.tribute.ca/people/sam-shepard/4526/
He played Chuck Yeager in the movie The Right Stuff.
Saw “The Tooth of the Crime” one of his plays in NY around 1982, it was really excellent and fun. I think he’s less well known for his writing, but from what I’ve seen he shouldn’t be.
If he was a conservative the libs will be jumping with glee.
RIP, Sam. He was good as a foil to the hyper Diane Keaton in “Baby Boom.”
Played a supporting role in a very underrated movie ... “Mud” with Matthew McConaughey.
I always felt like Sam Shephard should have played Alan Shephard and Scott Glenn should have played John Glenn.
“Played a supporting role in a very underrated movie ... “Mud” with Matthew McConaughey.”
That was a great movie.
my husbands cousin has Als but she still lives almost 10 yrs out...she can barely talk, has a PEG tube, suprapubic cath and confined to a wheelchair, but her mind is sound and she can use the compute thru eye movement...
I never understood why it didn’t get more positive critical acclaim. It was one of those movies where everyone seemed to be cast perfectly for their roles — even the two kids.
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