Shelley Duvall, a mainstay in Robert Altman films and co-star in 'The Shining,' dies at 75

Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie prima whose wide-eyed, winsome beingness was a mainstay successful the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred successful Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," has died. She was 75.

Duvall died Thursday successful her slumber astatine her location successful Blanco, Texas, her longtime partner, Dan Gilroy, announced. The origin was complications of diabetes, said her friend, the publicist Gary Springer.

"My dear, sweet, fantastic life, partner, and person near america past night," Gilroy said successful a statement. "Too overmuch suffering lately, present she's free. Fly distant beauteous Shelley."

Duvall was attending inferior assemblage successful Texas erstwhile Altman's unit members, preparing to movie "Brewster McCloud," encountered her arsenic astatine a enactment successful Houston successful 1970. She would spell connected to go Altman's protege.