Sam Shepard, the ex of Jessica Lange has died – Gala

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If the news has been announced that today, the actor and american writer Sam Shepard died on July 27 at the age of 73 suites of lou gehrig’s disease. Brilliant actor and playwright, he had shared for more than 20 years to the life of the american actress Jessica Lange.

Sad day for the cinema. After the announcement this morning of the death of Jeanne Moreau at the age of 89 years, the site Broadway Word announced in the afternoon of the death of the actor and playwright Sam Shepard. Age 73, he died in his home in Kentucky on the 27th of July from complications related to amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis, or lou gehrig’s disease, from which he was suffering since several years. In a press release, Chris Bonreau, the spokesperson of the actor, called on the public to respect the need of discretion of the family in this particularly difficult period.

Born in Illinois in 1943, Sam Shepard has driven his two careers. Brilliant writer and playwright, he has written more than 40 plays and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the theatre in 1979 to The child buried. In front of the camera, he had played under the direction of Terrence Malick in The Harvests of the sky and in The Cloth of the hero of Philip Kaufman in 1983. A role that earned him an Oscar nomination the following year. Writer of talent, he notably collaborated on the writing of Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders Palme d’or at the Cannes film Festival in 1984. In recent years, as we have seen in the hit series of Netflix Bloodline but also in two films by the american director Jeff Nichols : Mud in 2012, he shared the bill with Matthew McConaughey, and Midnight Special in 2016.

Sam Shepard was the father of three children. Jesse, 47 years of age born of his first marriage to actress O-Lan Jones and two children born of his relationship with Jessica Lange, Hannah age 31 and Samuel is 30 years old. Separated in 2009 after 24 years of common life, Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange had managed to keep their split a secret for nearly two years. Partner with the city as the screen, they have long embodied a hollywood couple model. Sam Shepard had also maintained a relationship passionate with the singer Patti Smith in the 60’s.

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Jessica Lange, Patti Smith

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