Editing Sam Shepard (section)

==Personal life==
When Shepard first arrived in New York City, he roomed with Charlie Mingus III, a friend from Duarte High School and the son of jazz musician [[Charles Mingus]]. Shepard then lived with actress Joyce Aaron. 

Between 1967 and 1970 he was part of the New York psychedelic rock group [[The Holy Modal Rounders]] as drummer, participating in the recording of two albums of the band [[Indian War Whoop]] released in 1967 and [[The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders]] in 1968.

From 1969 to 1984, he was married to actress [[O-Lan Jones]], with whom he had one son, Jesse Mojo Shepard (b. 1971).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1519742.Jesse_Shepard | title=Jesse Shepard }}</ref>

From 1970 to 1971, Shepard was involved in an extramarital affair with musician [[Patti Smith]], who remained unaware of his identity as a multiple [[Obie Award]]-winning playwright until it was divulged to her by [[Jackie Curtis]]. Smith said: "Me and his wife still even liked each other. I mean, it wasn't like committing adultery in the suburbs or something."<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/bio/shepard2.htm |title=Mapplethorpe: A Biography |chapter=Patti Smith and Sam Shepard |last=Morrisroe |first=Patricia |date=1995 |via=Ocean Star}}</ref>

Canadian singer-songwriter [[Joni Mitchell]] wrote two songs about her affairs with Shepard during Bob Dylan's [[Rolling Thunder Revue]] tour of 1975. In "[[Coyote (song)|Coyote]]", from her eighth studio album ''[[Hejira (album)|Hejira]]'', she recounts Shepard's seduction of her at a period while he was both married and having an extramarital affair with tour manager Christine O'Dell with the lines: "He's got a woman at home, another woman down the hall, but he seems to want me anyway."<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 21, 2021 |title=The story behind Joni Mitchell's classic song 'Coyote' |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-story-behind-joni-mitchell-song-coyote/ |first=Atreyi|last= Banerji|access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> Meanwhile, in "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter", written during the same tour, Mitchell referenced the closeness between their birthdays, calling them "twins of spirit".<ref>David Yaffe, ''Daughter – A Portrait of Joni Mitchell'', Sarah Crichton Books, 2019, pp. 204, 206.</ref> 

Shepard met actress [[Jessica Lange]] on the set of the 1982 film ''[[Frances (film)|Frances]]'', in which they were both acting. He moved in with her in 1983, and they were together for 27 years; they separated in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rep-jessica-lange-and-sam-shepard-have-separated-20111912 |title=Rep: Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard Have Separated |magazine=[[Us Weekly]] |first=Zach |last=Johnson |date=December 19, 2011 |access-date=May 22, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320235223/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rep-jessica-lange-and-sam-shepard-have-separated-20111912 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 }}</ref> They had two children, Hannah Jane Shepard (b. 1986) and Samuel Walker Shepard (b. 1987). In 2003, Shepard's elder son, Jesse, wrote a book of short stories, and Shepard appeared with him at a reading at [[City Lights Bookstore]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/THE-SCENE-Sam-Shepard-joins-Jesse-Shepard-for-a-2652564.php |title=The Scene: Sam Shepard joins Jesse Shepard for a reading at City Lights |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |first=James |last=Sullivan |date=April 26, 2003 |access-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233202/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/THE-SCENE-Sam-Shepard-joins-Jesse-Shepard-for-a-2652564.php |archive-date=December 2, 2013 }}</ref> 

In 2014 and 2015, Shepard dated actress [[Mia Kirshner]].<ref>[https://www.rexfeatures.com/preview/printable/4267408003 "Sam Shepard and girlfriend Mia Kirshner shopping in Soho, New York, America"], ''rexfeatures.com'', November 23, 2014</ref><ref>[https://www.rexfeatures.com/preview/printable/4592814008 "Sam Shepard out and about, New York, America"], ''rexfeatures.com'', March 30, 2015</ref>

After a turbulent trip on an airliner returning from Mexico in the 1960s, he apparently vowed never to fly again.<ref>{{cite book |last=Callens |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBh5QcK92rEC&q=sam+shepard+mexico+flying&pg=PA79 |title=Sam Shepard V8, Part 4 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-20398-989-0 |page=79 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707040711/http://books.google.com/books?id=UBh5QcK92rEC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=sam%2Bshepard%2Bmexico%2Bflying&source=bl&ots=hqI0-lirwm&sig=MMI0E5qUXwNEMkwptZ8lrSR66Fw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Tzp3UZLcPKjDiwLPh4HICw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=sam%20shepard%20mexico%20flying&f=false |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Despite this longstanding aversion to flying, Shepard allowed Chuck Yeager to take him up in a jet in 1982 in preparation for playing the pilot in the film ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-ECAAAAMBAJ&q=sam+shepard+fear+of+flying&pg=PA64 |title=Tales of Two Hipsters |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |first=Walter |last=Kirn |date=May 13, 1996 |access-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707040949/http://books.google.com/books?id=T-ECAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=sam%2Bshepard%2Bfear%2Bof%2Bflying&source=bl&ots=D8qWPCdlFT&sig=PvfFd04EkqMENoQEpZiVOQVdVMw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Oy53UYfhLu3AiwK7jYHYBg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=sam%20shepard%20fear%20of%20flying&f=false |archive-date=July 7, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbd5BqD-ZNYC&q=sam+shepard+fear+of+flying&pg=PA42 |title=Dis/figuring Sam Shepard |last=Lang |first=Peter |publisher=P.I.E Peter Lang |location=[[Brussels]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-9-05201-352-7 |page=42 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217010203/http://books.google.com/books?id=lbd5BqD-ZNYC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=sam%2Bshepard%2Bfear%2Bof%2Bflying&source=bl&ots=-TT3Evj_QN&sig=j2sjiNnDligYos46sBBjR5yZSbg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mS13Uf6JBIeCjAKN8IDQDQ&ved=0CG4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=sam%20shepard%20fear%20of%20flying&f=false |archive-date=December 17, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Shepard cited his fear of flying as a source for a character in his 1966 play ''[[Icarus's Mother]]''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1QaJLyijIYC&q=sam+shepard+fear+of+flying&pg=PA41 |title=The Theatre of Sam Shepard: States of Crisis |last=Bottoms |first=Stephen J. |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-52158-791-4 |page=41 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209035658/http://books.google.com/books?id=J1QaJLyijIYC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=sam%2Bshepard%2Bfear%2Bof%2Bflying&source=bl&ots=W2-RR29vKt&sig=C_0bxfmxL9kixSfLepnbGs6WvjY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6Bt3UcerL8fO2QXPmYHoDQ&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=sam%20shepard%20fear%20of%20flying&f=false |archive-date=December 9, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> His character went through an airliner crash in the film ''[[Voyager (film)|Voyager]]''.  

In the early morning hours of January 3, 2009, Shepard was arrested and charged with speeding and [[drunk driving]] in [[Normal, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/03/sam-shepard-blows-it-big-time/ |title=Sam Shepard Arrested – Blows It Big Time |website=[[TMZ]] |date=January 3, 2009 |access-date=February 16, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217232705/http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/03/sam-shepard-blows-it-big-time |archive-date=February 17, 2009 }}</ref> He pleaded guilty to both charges on February 11, 2009, and was sentenced to 24 months probation, alcohol education classes, and 100 hours of [[community service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/11/sam-shepard-guilty-of-very-drunken-driving/ |title=Sam Shepard Guilty of Very Drunken Driving |website=[[TMZ]] |date=February 11, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213120024/http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/11/sam-shepard-guilty-of-very-drunken-driving/ |archive-date=February 13, 2009 }}</ref> On May 25, 2015, Shepard was arrested again in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], for aggravated drunk driving.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/article/sam-shepard-drunk-driving-charges-santa-fe |title=Actor/Playwright Sam Shepard Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges in Santa Fe |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first=Drew |last=Mackie |date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527072436/http://www.people.com/article/sam-shepard-drunk-driving-charges-santa-fe |archive-date=May 27, 2015 }}</ref> Those charges were later dismissed as having no likelihood of conviction at trial.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/692812/santa-fe-dwi-charge-against-playwrightactor-sam-shepard-dismissed.html |title=Playwright Sam Shepard's DWI charge dismissed |first=Edmundo |last=Carrillo |date=December 17, 2015 |newspaper=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref>

His 50-year friendship with Johnny Dark, stepfather to O-Lan Jones, was the subject of the 2013 documentary ''Shepard & Dark'' by Treva Wurmfeld.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/03/07/shepard_dark_a_testament_to_friendship_review.html |title=Shepard & Dark, a testament to friendship: review |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |first=Bruce |last=DeMara |date=March 7, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404192509/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/03/07/shepard_dark_a_testament_to_friendship_review.html |archive-date=April 4, 2013 }}</ref> A collection of Shepard and Dark's correspondence, ''Two Prospectors'', was also published that year.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZ4AAQAAQBAJ&pg=PR6 |title=Two Prospectors: The Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark |last1=Shepard |first1=Sam |last2=Dark |first2=Johnny |date=November 2013 |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |isbn=978-0-29275-422-5 |language=en}}</ref>