Sam Shepard: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright and Actor Dies at 73
July 27, 2017
Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor and director. Born on November 5, 1943, in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, he moved to New York in the 1960s.
He wrote more than 40 plays, including Buried Child, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979, and True West. He was nominated for an Oscar for playing Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff and wrote the film Paris, Texas.
He was diagnosed with ALS. Shepard died at his home in Midway, Kentucky, on July 27, 2017, at age 73.
Achievements: Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1979), Oscar nomination.
Birth: November 5, 1943 - Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
Profession: Playwright and actor.
Interesting Facts: He played Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff.