Actor-playwright Sam Shepard dead at 73

He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for the play "Buried Child," and ranked among the leading playwrights of his generation.
Shepard's Hollywood acting credits included "Steel Magnolias" in 1989, "Black Hawk Down" in 2001, and he continued working in film and television until recently, despite his illness.
His film-writing work included 1984's "Paris, Texas."
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