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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.

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    Sam Shepard (1943-2017) Actor. Writer. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 37. Play trailer 2:06. Never Here (2017) 66 Videos. 99+ Photos. Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, IL, to Jane Elaine (Schook), a teacher, and Samuel Shepard Rogers, a teacher and farmer who was also in the army.

  3. Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director. He wrote 44 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. In 1979 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child.

  4. Jul 31, 2017 · By Corky Siemaszko. 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...

  5. Jul 31, 2017 · July 31, 2017. Sam Shepard, whose hallucinatory plays redefined the landscape of the American West and its inhabitants, died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky. He was 73. A spokesman for his...

  6. May 31, 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.

  7. By JAKE COYLE. 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. Family spokesman Chris Boneau said Monday that Shepard died Thursday at his home in Kentucky from ...

  8. Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard, author, playwright and actor, died on July 27 from complications of ALS, theatre public relations firm Boneau/Bryan-Brown confirmed Monday. He was 73 years old. Shepard is the...

  9. Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard has died at the age of 73, his family have confirmed today (Monday 31 July). The actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright died at his Kentucky home on Thursday (20 July). Sam in...

  10. Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard dead: Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, actor and director dies aged 73. He had also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as pilot Chuck...