Shelley Duvall Dies: ‘The Shining’, ‘Nashville’ Actor Was 75

Shelley Duvall, the doe-eyed actor who was both muse and protege of director Robert Altman but might best be remembered for her co-starring role opposite Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, died today, July 11, of complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas. She was 75.

Her death was announced by her longtime partner Dan Gilroy.

“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us,” Gilroy said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.”

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