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Actress Jessica Lange gives birth to son

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Jessica Lange and playwright-actor Sam Shepard have had their second child, an 8-pound, 14-ounce son born at her home in Virginia, a spokesman announced.

The actress's publicist said Monday that the baby was born Sunday and named Samuel Walker Shepard.

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The unmarried couple also have an 18-month-old daughter, Hannah.

Shepard, 44, is a father by a previous marriage, and the 38-year-old Lange, who has never been married, also is the mother of a daughter, Alexandra, by dancer-actor Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Lange is best known for her performances in 'King Kong,' 'Frances' and 'Tootsie,' for which she won the Oscar for best supporting actress. Shepard starred in 'The Right Stuff' and is an award-winning playwright. The couple co-starred in 'Country' in 1984.

'We aren't giving out the name of the town where Jessica is living,' the spokesman said, 'because she wants to maintain her privacy.'

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