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Yet none of them can claim Shepard’s fire. The man had something. He gnawed that bone until it broke. Sam Shepard, dead at 73. Long may he live in repertory.

Bloodline' to return for final season on May ... The Force Awakens" made him a huge movie star. Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, actor, and television and film ...