The Shining star and legendary actress Shelley Duvall has died at the age of 75, her family have confirmed. Duvall passed away in her sleep due to complications from diabetes at her home in Texas on Thursday.
‘My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,’ Dan Gilroy, her partner since 1989, told The Hollywood Reporter.
With a penchant for playing distinctive, eccentric characters that often had eerie undertones, Duvall was known for her roles in McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Popeye – alongside Robin Williams – and 3 Women.
Duvall starred in seven films directed by her mentor Robert Altman, and was perhaps most famed for appearing in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining as Wendy Torrance, who narrowly avoided Jack Nicholson’s murderous blow.
