US Actor, Playwright Sam Shepard Dead At 73
Fakhir Rizvi Published August 01, 2017 | 09:05 AM
NEW YORK, Aug 1, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 01st Aug, 2017 ) : Sam Shepard, the preeminent US playwright of his generation celebrated for depicting a darkness to contemporary American life and Oscar-nominated actor, has died.
He was 73. The actor, director and writer passed away Thursday at home in Kentucky of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, a family spokesman confirmed to AFP on Monday.
Shepard, who wrote nearly 50 plays, won the Pulitzer prize in Drama in 1979 for his play "Buried Child" and was nominated for an academy Award in 1984 for best actor in a supporting role for "The Right Stuff." He went on to star in dozens of films with acting credits on the likes of "Steel Magnolias" with Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts, 2001 war drama "Black Hawk Down," and 2013 family saga "August: Osage County" with Meryl Streep.
His writing career extended to cinema and he wrote the screenplay for "Paris, Texas," which won the Palme D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. On television, his most recent work was in the first two seasons of Netflix series "Bloodline" in 2015 and 2016, which marked his final on-camera appearance.
"Time will sort him out as one of America's most significant voices who told the American tale with a profound insight and with an ear for the expression of our deepest hopes and fears," Gary Grant, theater professor at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, said in paying tribute to his contribution to drama.
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