Editing Sam Shepard (section)

==Death==
Shepard died on July 27, 2017, at his home in [[Midway, Kentucky]], aged 73, from complications of [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] (ALS).<ref name="TimesObit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html |title=Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73 |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=July 31, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 13, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731155033/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html |archive-date=July 31, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="LATimes -death">{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Libby |title=Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 73 |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-sam-shepard-20170731-story.html |access-date=August 1, 2017 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 31, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731230715/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-sam-shepard-20170731-story.html |archive-date=July 31, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Desta |first=Yohana |date=July 31, 2017 |title=Sam Shepard, Prolific Playwright and Actor, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/sam-shepard-obit |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> Patti Smith paid homage to their long collaboration in ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/my-buddy-sam-shepard |title=My Buddy |last=Smith |first=Patti |date=August 1, 2017 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref> Fellow actor [[Matthew McConaughey]], who had co-starred with Shepard in ''[[Mud (2012 film)|Mud]]'', learned of Shepard's death during a television interview and was shocked by the news, ending the interview saying: "See you in the next one, Sam."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/matthew-mcconaughey-sam-shepards-death-reactin-video-1202512693/|title= Matthew McConaughey Learned About Sam Shepard's Death on Red Carpet|first= Rebecca|last= Rubin|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHMF4LlWgZI |title=Matthew McConaughey reacts to the news that Sam Shepard passed away |date=2017-07-31 |last=Associated Press |access-date=2025-05-09 |via=YouTube}}</ref>