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Sam Shepard, actor and playwright of 'True West' and 'Buried Child,' dead at 73 – New York Daily News
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Sam Shepard, actor and Pulitzer-winning playwright, is dead at 73
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Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Oscar-Nominated Actor, Dead at 73
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Sam Shepard, actor and playwright of 'True West' and 'Buried Child,' dead at 73 – New York Daily News
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Sam Shepard, actor and playwright of 'True West' and 'Buried Child,' dead at 73 – New York Daily News
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Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Buried Child Opens Tonight
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Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-winning playwright, is dead at 73
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Sam Shepard, actor and playwright, is dead at 73 - Chattanooga, 8/1/2017
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Sam Shepard, playwright/actor, dies at 73, reports say
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Sam Shepard, Actor and Playwright, Dead at 73
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Sam Shepard, acclaimed playwright and actor, dead at 73 - CBS News
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Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-winning playwright, is dead at 73 – Press Enterprise