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Mark Rylance and Claire van Kampen.
David M. Bennett/Jed Cullen/Dave Bennett/Getty ImagesMark Rylance grieving the loss of his wife, Claire van Kampenwho died of cancer at age 71 on Saturday, January 18 — his 65th birthday.
“Claire Louise van Kampen, Lady Rylance, passed away this morning, Saturday January 18 at 11:47 a.m., in the ancient city of Kassel, Germany, surrounded by her family,” Rylance and their daughter Juliet announced. declaration.
“Claire died of cancer on Mark Rylance’s 65th birthday. Her youngest daughter died in 2012 and she leaves her eldest daughter Juliet Rylance, her two husbands and countless beloved friends in England and America.
Claire – a British theater director and composer who was the first female musical director at both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theater – was described by her family as “one of the funniest and most inspiring women we’ve ever known”.
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“We thank her for infusing our lives with her magic, music, laughter and love,” they added.
Rylance married Claire in December 1989 and became stepfather to her children with her ex-husband. Chris van Kampen: Juliet, 45, and Nataasha, who died suddenly in 2012 aged 28 after suffering a brain haemorrhage on board a flight from New York to London.
“It’s uncharted territory if something tragic like this happens to you. You will realize that this has happened to many people. You make your own decisions about how you get through it,” Rylance said The Sunday Times in 2016.
After Nataasha’s death, Rylance was nominated for an Emmy and won a BAFTA for his portrayal of Thomas Cromwell, advisor to Henry VIII. and a grieving father and widower in the TV series. Wolf Hall. He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 2015 Steven Spielberg‘with Bridge of Spies.
Sir Mark Rylance poses with his wife Claire van Kampen and their daughter Juliet Rylance after being knighted by the Duke of Cambridge during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on April 19, 2017 in London, England.
John Stillwell – WPA Pool/Getty ImagesClaire was diagnosed with cancer before her death. Born in London in 1953, she eventually graduated from the Royal College of Music, where she studied piano and music theory. BBC News. She then turned to theater, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 and the Royal National Theater a year later, where she met Rylance. She later became Rylance’s artistic associate at the Globe Theater where she worked for 20 years.
She has composed original music for Broadway productions including True west, Boeing-Boeing and La Betaas well as adaptations of Shakespeare Twelfth Night and Richard III.
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“Claire completely changed my life… She introduced me to classical and modern music and we fell in love with music,” Rylance said of Claire in 2023. The Guardian.
“Claire came to me with the two children I raised with her and Chris, but we never had children of our own, so to a certain extent our projects were our children. They’re incredible,” he continued, adding that Claire was “the rock of my life.”
