Shelley Duvall death: The Shining author Stephen King leads celebrity tributes after actress' passing aged 75 from diabetes complications Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Eve Buckland and Jimmy Mccloskey For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:06 EDT, 11 July 2024 | Updated: 17:18 EDT, 11 July 2024 e-mail 228 shares 21 View comments The Shining author Stephen King led the tributes to Shelley Duvall following her shock death from diabetes complications aged 75 on Thursday.
The iconic actress, who played Wendy Torrance in the legendary 1980 Stanley Kubrick horror film alongside Jack Nicholson , died in her sleep in her Blanco, Texas home. '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 life partner since 1989, told The Hollywood Reporter . Master of horror King, 77, who penned the iconic 1977 novel, wrote on X: 'Very sorry Shelley Duvall has passed. Wonderful, talented, underused actor.
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