Shepard
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Alan Bartlett, Jr., 1923–1998, U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.
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Sam, 1943–2017, U.S. playwright, actor, and director.
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Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–98, US naval officer; first US astronaut in space (1961)
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Sam original name Samuel Shepard Rogers. born 1943, US dramatist, film actor, and director. His plays include Chicago (1966), The Tooth of Crime (1972), and Buried Child (1978): films as actor include Days of Heaven (1978) and The Right Stuff (1983); films as director include Far North (1989) and Silent Tongue (1994)
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First published in 1926, Milne's story, illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard, followed the tales of Christopher Robin and his friends, including Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Shepard has served as a sort of godfather for the Watergate revisionists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Speaking on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, the actor said his relationship with his dad got "more difficult" as an adult.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Shepard called his transfer “a blatant act of retaliation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Finally, a few weeks later, early in May of 1961, we prepared to launch the Mercury-Redstone spacecraft, named Freedom 7, with astronaut Alan Shepard Jr.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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