Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard died Sunday at the age of 73, Broadway World reports. Shepard had reportedly been suffering from ALS.
Also an actor and director, Shepard won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1983's The Right Stuff.
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