RIP Sam Shepard
07-31-17 | 10:36 AM
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RIP Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard, Actor and Playwright, Dies at 73
http://www.thewrap.com/sam-shepard-a...right-dies-73/
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.
07-31-17 | 10:57 AM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
Was just thinking of Jeanne Moreau being in Win Wenders "Until the End of the World".... a director Shepard often collaborated with.
07-31-17 | 11:24 AM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
A great actor in many good films. He's one of the best things in my all-time favorite movie, The Right Stuff, where he plays Chuck Yeager.
07-31-17 | 11:37 AM
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Yeah, he kicked ass in The Right Stuff. Saw a few of his plays on stage as well.
07-31-17 | 11:49 AM
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I was thinking "Roadhouse" bouncer at first but that was Sam Elliott. I'm actually not overly familiar with this guy but Oh well, RIP all the same.
07-31-17 | 12:03 PM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
I remember he wasn't looking to good on Bloodline.
A shame.
A shame.
07-31-17 | 12:08 PM
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Along with The 400 Blows... today is a sad one for film lovers.
07-31-17 | 01:48 PM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
He wrote Paris, Texas, I think. Yeah, the last film I saw him in was in Midnight Special. Didn't't know he was sick and definitely not from ALS.
07-31-17 | 03:09 PM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
Just saw Blackthorn too. Damn.
07-31-17 | 03:43 PM
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Damn! Always enjoyed him when I saw him.
RIP
RIP
07-31-17 | 04:06 PM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
Can't say I was a huge fan of Shepard, but I've seen a lot of his work and always respected him.
ALS is a terrible way to go. I hope he didn't suffer in his final days.
I wonder if Jessica Lange will comment on his passing. They were together for 27 years until 2009 and he fathered 2 of her kids.
ALS is a terrible way to go. I hope he didn't suffer in his final days.
I wonder if Jessica Lange will comment on his passing. They were together for 27 years until 2009 and he fathered 2 of her kids.
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07-31-17 | 04:09 PM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
Damn right, Hokey. Every once in a while (especially in recent years), we get a day or week where a couple of genuine cultural luminaries pass - not "celebrities" per se in the sense of contemporary American media, but people of real artistic merit. It always feels strangely sad when there is a day or week like that.
07-31-17 | 05:24 PM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
RIP
He always added a touch of class to any movie he appeared in.
He always added a touch of class to any movie he appeared in.
07-31-17 | 09:27 PM
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Re: RIP Sam Shepard
Acting: Days of Heaven, The Right Stuff, Don't Come Knocking, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Killing Them Softly, Mud, August: Osage County, Midnight Special
Writing for plays and for the screen: Zabriskie Point, Paris, Texas, Fool For Love, Curse of the Starving Class, Don't Come Knocking, Buried Child.
Personal Life: banged a young Jessica Lange for many years.
The man definitely made his mark.
RIP.
Writing for plays and for the screen: Zabriskie Point, Paris, Texas, Fool For Love, Curse of the Starving Class, Don't Come Knocking, Buried Child.
Personal Life: banged a young Jessica Lange for many years.
The man definitely made his mark.
RIP.
