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Sam Shepard, RIP

When I first moved to San Francisco, Sam Shepard was the playwright-in-residence at a 99-seat house, neighborhood theater. It was there that he wrote some of his most notable works, including Fool for Love, True West and Buried Child, which won the Pulitzer Prize. I would see all of his plays, and knew I was in the presence of greatness. When someone this monumental passes, I feel grateful that he was around during my lifetime.