Sam Shepard, Actor and Playwright, Dead at 73

Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, died Sunday at the age of 73.

Shepard, who suffered from ALS in recent years, died at his home in Kentucky from complications from the disease, his rep told The Hollywood

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