Shelley Duvall best known for her roles in “The Shining” and several Robert Altman films, died at the age of 75 from complications of diabetes.
Musician Dan Gilroy, her life partner, confirmed the news in a statement to THR. “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,” Gilroy said.
According to Gilroy, Duvall died in her sleep at her home in Blanco, Texas.
While most movie fans might know her as Jack Nicholson’s imperiled, baseball-bat-wielding wife in Kubrick’s “The Shining,” the actress worked most frequently with auteur Altman.
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