Sam Shepard opens up. 1  With a new collection of short stories to his name and two of his plays currently showing in New York, the notoriously private Pulitzer prize-winner discusses masculinity, his battle with drink and his 'tumultuous' relationship with Jessica Lange. Sam Shepard as The Farmer in the 1978 film Days of Heaven.
Nelle Harper Lee was born 28 April 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, the youngest of four children (three girls and a boy) born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Francis Cunningham Finch Lee.Monroeville was a small town, similar in many ways to Maycomb, Alabama, the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird.elle Harper Lee was born 28 April 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, the youngest of four children (three girls and a boy) born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Francis Cunningham Finch Lee. Monroeville was a small town, similar in many ways to Maycomb, Alabama, the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News/Getty Images. Nelle Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird died at the age of 89, according to AL.com. Just how did Harper Lee die? Although a cause of death hasn't been announced, the beloved author suffered a stroke in 2007. Lee was born in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926. The small town is also where she died. Monroeville both celebrated its most famous resident with public art and productions of To Kill a Mockingbird dedicated to Lee's famous work.