Popular American actress Shelley Duvall has passed away at 75.
Dan Gilroy, her partner, told The Hollywood Reporter that she had passed away.
She passed away on Thursday night in her sleep from problems related to diabetes at her house in Dan Gilroy, Blanco, Texas.
“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,” THR quoted Gilroy as saying.
Duvall began her career in the 1970 dark comedy ‘Brewster McCloud.’ She won the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actress award for her role in the 1977 drama ‘3 Women.’
Three years later, she starred as Olive Oyl opposite Robin Williams in Robert Altman’s musical version of ‘Popeye.’
But Duvall fell out of favour in Hollywood and was off screen for two decades, before making her comeback in 2023’s ‘The Forest Hills.’
She was best known for her performances in ‘The Shining’, ‘Annie Hall’, and ‘Nashville.’
Recall that, Veteran American comic actor and musician, Martin Mull also died recently.
Mull reportedly passed away on Thursday at the age of 80 at his Los Angeles residence.
Wendy Mull, the actor’s wife, confirmed his passing on Friday, saying he passed away following a protracted illness.
Maggie Mull, a TV writer and comic artist, who is also the actor’s daughter, confirmed his passing on Instagram.
She wrote,
“I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness,” she wrote.
“He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials. He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny.
“My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and—the sign of a truly exceptional person—by many, many dogs. I loved him tremendously.”
