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Obituaries Related to "Shepard" from New York Times Archive


Paid Notice: Deaths SHEPARD, JEAN MCMILLAN

2000-03-12T05:00:00+0000

SHEPARD-Jean McMillan. Founder, Studio Duplicating Service, a NYC institution for over 30 years. Painter, potter, sculptress, renovator, photographer and author of the 1977 novel ''Nobody Home''. Patron of the arts and animals. Preceded in death by longtime companion Robert McCrea Imbrie. Survived by son Grey Shepard and two cats. A gathering will be held in her home April 1, 3-9PM.


Matthew Shepard Will Be Interred at the Washington National Cathedral, 20 Years After His Death

2018-10-11T14:00:15+0000

After he was killed in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998, Mr. Shepard became a symbol of violence against gay people. He has never been laid to rest.


Notable Deaths 2017: Sam Shepard

2018-06-06T19:37:22+0000


Notable Deaths 2016: Jean Shepard

2018-06-06T18:33:02+0000


A Final Work by Sam Shepard Reveals His Struggle With Lou Gehrig’s Disease

2017-12-04T19:07:58+0000

The celebrated playwright spent the last months of his life working tirelessly on a final book, an intimate and philosophical look at his protagonist’s — and his own — health struggles.


Sam Shepard, Actor and Pulitzer-Winning Playwright, Is Dead at 73

2017-07-31T15:16:24+0000

Mr. Shepard, one of the most important and influential writers of his generation, specialized in capturing the darker sides of American family life.


David Shepard, Film Preservationist, Dies at 76

2017-02-06T00:07:09+0000

Mr. Shepard restored countless discarded, hidden or forgotten works by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and other notables.


Jean Shepard, a Female Country Voice With Muscle and Ambition, Dies at 82

2016-09-27T02:35:08+0000

Ms. Shepard, also an expert yodeler, joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1955.


Thomas R. Shepard Jr., Look Magazine’s Last Publisher, Dies at 96

2015-05-05T03:41:12+0000

Mr. Shepard oversaw the popular magazine from 1965 to its demise in 1971 after a rapid descent from record ad revenue and circulation.


Dead or Alive, He’s From the Universe of Sam Shepard

2010-07-30T22:46:51+0000

In Sam Shepard’s play “The Late Henry Moss,” at the 45th Street Theater, the family that yells together is, well, stuck together.



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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:24:40 +0000

He served in the Special Forces, led a postwar raid to find P.O.W.s and became a voice of the right-wing anti-government fringe.

Bernard Lafayette Jr., 85, Dies; Civil Rights Leader Helped Plan Selma March

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:06:30 +0000

A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom struggle in the 1960s.

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:53:45 +0000

For decades, he wrote a syndicated column in The Washington Post promoting nonviolence. That became the subject of a course he taught for nearly 40 years.

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:41:33 +0000

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Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:28:06 +0000

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