Sam Shepard, known for his plays True West, Fool for Love and the Pulitzer-winning Buried Child, as well as his 1984 Oscar-nominated performance in The Right Stuff, died on July 27 at the age of 73, due to complications from the disease ALS. Born on November 5, 1943 as Samuel Shepard Rogers III, in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, the scribe known professionally as Sam Shepard briefly attended Mt. San Antonio Coll…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM on July 31, 2017