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Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster.

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Sam Shepard
Age: 73 †
Born: 1943
Born: November 5
Died: 2017
Died: July 27
Actor
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Dramaturge
Film Actor
Film Director
Percussionist
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Fort Sheridan
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Samuel Sam Shepard Rogers III
Exciting
Middles
Perplexing
Endings
Beginnings
Disaster
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