Sam Shepard: a life in pictures
Playwright and actor Sam Shepard has died aged 73. Best known for his play Buried Child, which won the Pulitzer prize in 1979, Shepard also enjoyed a lengthy film career, appearing in movies such as Days of Heaven, The Right Stuff and Steel Magnolias
Main image: Sam Shepard in Days of HeavenMon 31 Jul 2017 17.46 BST Last modified on Wed 2 Aug 2017 21.12 BST
Shepard in 2007. The actor enjoyed an acclaimed career both as a playwright and film and television actor. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard with Brooke Adams in Terrence Malick’s 1978 drama Days of Heaven. Photograph: Allstar/Paramount Pictures
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterOn the set of Resurrection in 1980. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard appears alongside Jessica Lange in Frances, 1982. Photograph: Snap/Rex/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard and Lange reunited four years later for Crimes of the Heart (1986). Photograph: Snap/Rex Features
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard with Dolly Parton in Steel Magnolias, 1989. Photograph: Allstar/Tristar/Sportsphoto Ltd
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWith Val Kilmer in Michael Apted’s 1992 western Thunderheart. Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard in Wim Wenders’ road movie Don’t Come Knocking (2005), which the pair co-wrote. Photograph: Allstar/Sony Pictures/Sportsphoto Ltd
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard as pilot-turned-astronaut Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Photograph: Warner Bros/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterIn The Assassination of Jess James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2007. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros/Sportsphoto Ltd
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard with former partner Patti Smith at the premiere of Patti Smith and Steven Sebring: Objects of Life. Photograph: Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShepard with Dallas Roberts in 2004. The pair starred in A Number, which marked Shepard’s return to stage acting after a 31-year absence. Photograph: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
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