A man of many talents Sam Shepard with his down home honesty and American good looks; seemed, like fellow actor Robert Redford to personify the Marlboro Man Mythic. But unlike Redford, Shepard smoked, heavily and like his father, destroyed his life and relationship with his alcoholism. Writing, booze and women His real name was Samuel Shepard Rogers IV. He was born at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on November 5, 1943 because his father was serving in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He is a western bucket highlighting his self-sufficiency with a Moon handle, a not uncommon combination for…