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Sam Shepard on Drinking, Death, and ‘Fist Fights with Marines’

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In his letters and postcards to his former father-in-law, the late playwright and actor opened up to reveal a vulnerable side of himself that he rarely shared with the public.

Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
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Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

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