Thread: Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73

Sam Shepard, whose hallucinatory plays redefined the landscape of the American West and its inhabitants, died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, a spokesman for the Shepard family announced on Monday. He was 73.

Possessed of a stoically handsome face and a rangy frame, Mr. Shepard became a familiar presence as an actor in films that included "Days of Heaven" (1978), "The Right Stuff" (1983) and "Baby Boom" (1987). He bore a passing resemblance to that laconic idol of Hollywood's golden era, Gary Cooper, and in an earlier age, Mr. Shepard could have made a career as a leading man of Westerns...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/t...pard-dead.html

I thought he was a very good actor - Hope he was ready to meet Jesus.