Throughout the 1970s and '80s, playwright Sam Shepard was American theater’s tough guy. He fooled around with punk poet Patti ...

Shepard’s Academy Award–nominated turn as test pilot Chuck Yeager (in 1983’s ... He gnawed that bone until it broke. Sam Shepard, dead at 73. Long may he live in repertory.

The pilots of the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter late Wednesday night have been identified ...

Sam Shepard often referenced cowboys and the West ... He was about to star as pilot Chuck Yeager in “The Right Stuff,” which drew him an Oscar nomination. He also was about to start a nearly ...

Sam Shepard (born November 5 ... nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983). Born Samuel Shepard Rogers IV in ...