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Mark Rylance Announces Wife, Claire van Kampen, Died on His 65th Birthday

Actor Mark Rylance and his family confirmed the death of Claire van Kampen on Saturday, January 18, at the age of 71

Rylance married Claire in December 1989, and became stepfather to her children with ex-husband Chris van Kampen: Juliet, 45, and Nataasha, who died suddenly in 2012 at 28 after suffering a brain hemorrhage on board a flight from New York to London. After Nataasha’s death, Rylance went on to be nominated for an Emmy and win a BAFTA for his role as Thomas Cromwell, advisor to Henry VIII and a grieving father and widower, in the TV series Wolf Hall. She composed original scores for Broadway productions including True West, Boeing-Boeing and La Bete, as well as adaptations of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Richard III.

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