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Sir Mark Rylance's wife Claire Van Kampen dies aged 71 on husband's birthday


Van Kampen passed away surrounded by her family after being diagnosed with cancer , a statement shared on behalf of Sir Mark and her daughter Juliet confirmed.

Van Kampen passed away surrounded by her family after being diagnosed with cancer, a statement shared on behalf of Sir Mark and her daughter Juliet confirmed. Her theatre credits include composing the music for the 1989 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet starring Sir Mark, whom she married that same year. Later in her career she created original scores for Broadway productions of 2000's True West, 2008's Boeing-Boeing and 2010 comedy La Bete, as well as adaptations of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Richard III.

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