USam Shepard, umdlali weqonga onqabileyo kunye nomdlali odlalwayo, ubhubhe ngeCawe ekhayeni lakhe eKentucky, ngokweqonga lobudlelwane noluntu iBoneau / uBryan-Brown nge TheWrap . Wayeneminyaka engama-73.
UShepard usweleke kulandela iingxaki ze-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), ekwabizwa ngokuba sisifo sikaLou Gehrig. Wayejikelezwe lusapho ngexesha lokudlula kwakhe, ngokutsho kwesithethi sosapho uChris Boneau Umhla wokugqibela .
Kwihlabathi elibanzi uxela ukuba, uShepard, owayegula i-ALS kangangexesha elithile, wasweleka ngoxolo ngoJulayi 30 ekhaya eKentucky, engqongwe ngabantwana noodadewabo. Wayeneminyaka engama-73 ubudala.
Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe omde, uShepard wabhala umdlalo omangalisayo wama-44 ukongeza kwiincwadi ezizaliswe ngamabali amafutshane, izincoko kunye neenkumbulo. Wanikwa ixabiso lePulitzer yeDrama ngo-1979 ngomdlalo wakhe, Wangcwatywa umntwana . Eminye imidlalo yakhe efana Inyaniso yeNtshona kwaye Isidenge sothando Ukwafumene ukutyunjwa kweBhaso likaPulitzer.
Ngo-1983, umdlali weqonga ohlonitshwayo wonyulwa ukuba afumane iMbasa yokuXhasa uMdlali oBalaseleyo emva kokungena kwakhe Izinto ezifanelekileyo . Emuva ngo-1986, wachithwa kwi-American Academy of Arts kunye neeleta. UShepard wangeniswa kwiholo yoDumo yeTheatre ngo-1994. Ukongeza, wapapasha inoveli, Lowo ungaphakathi , ngoFebruwari walo nyaka.
Isikrini sakhe sokuqala safika ku-Terrence Malick we-1978 Iintsuku zeZulu , Kunye noRichard Gere noBrooke Adams.
Ngokubanzi, uShepard wayenandipha umsebenzi okhethekileyo kwaye ophumeleleyo kwilizwe lokuzonwabisa elambona evelisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zemixholo.
NgokukaTheWrap, imidlalo yakhe eli-11 yawongwa ngeeMbasa zikaObie, kubandakanya EChicago kwaye Umama ka-Icarus . Iikhredithi zakhe zefilimu zibandakanya Umnyama Hawk Phantsi , Incwadi yokubhalela , kunye nakutshanje Udaka kwaye Ezinzulwini zobusuku . UShepard ufumene iindima ezingenakubalwa kwiscreen esincinci, kubandakanya idrama yeNetflix yakutshanje Uluhlu lwegazi .
Abantu abadumileyo bathathe i-Twitter ukunikela imbeko kuShepard ongasekhoyo onesiphiwo.
Kuqala waba ngumlandeli kaSam Shepard njengomdlali odlalayo xa ndandingcwatywa umntwana @SABCiindaba Umlingisi onesiphiwo ngokunjalo. Ihambe ngokukhawuleza. LALA KAKUHLE
-UMichael Chiklis (@MichaelChiklis) Nge-31 kaJulayi 2017
OWE MNTU. #RIPSamShepard https://t.co/5RMcUMI4az
-Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) Nge-31 kaJulayi 2017
Kwaye ngoku uSam Shepard pic.twitter.com/vF85U6hNWM
-Larry Karaszewski (@Karaszewski) Nge-31 kaJulayi 2017
Ushiyeke ngabantwana bakhe uJesse, uHannah noWalker Shepard kunye noodadewabo, uSandy noRoxanne Rogers.