Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has ...

Sam Shepard, playwright, actor and an icon of understated cool, died last week at the age of 73 due to complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. Shepard grew up on his family's avocado farm in ...

BLOOMINGTON -- An attorney for playwright and actor Sam Shepard reported to a McLean County judge Thursday that the celebrity has completed the community service requirements of his sentence for ...

SANTA FE, N.M. -- Actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard was arrested Monday on suspicion of drunken driving after a Santa Fe restaurant's security complained about a possibly ...

Police in Illinois say actor and playwright Sam Shepard has been arrested on preliminary charges of speeding and drunken driving. Police Lt. Mark Kotte says officers stopped Shepard early Saturday in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the ...

Oh, Patti. During a tribute concert for the late actor, playwright, and author Sam Shepard last night in Brooklyn, Shepard’s friend, Patti Smith stepped up to perform “Dancing Barefoot.” Halfway ...

That treasure trove of cultural archives on the 40 Acres has recently been expanded to include a master of the photographic portrait, a maverick playwright and author who doubles as a Hollywood star, ...