Sam Shepard: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Samuel Shepard Rogers
Born	November 5, 1943 • Fort Sheridan • Illinois
Died	July 27, 2017 (aged 73) • Kentucky
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“A Lie of the Mind” • “Angel City“ • “Buried Child“ • “Chicago” • “Curse of the Starving Class“ • “Fool for Love” • “Geography of a Horse Dreamer“ • “Icarus’s Mother” • “Killer’s Head“ • “Red Cross” • “Spy of the First Person” • “Suicide in B-flat“ • “The Tooth of Crime” • “True West”