Claire van Kampen, a playwright and director who composed music for TV and theater and the wife of Mark Rylance, has died, her family said in a statement Saturday. She was 71. Van Kampen died in Germany surrounded by family.

Claire van Kampen, a composer of music for plays and television dramas, as well as a director, writer and frequent collaborator of her Oscar-winning husband Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning at age 71,

Claire van Kampen, who was married to actor Sir Mark Rylance, has died at the age of 71. The director, who worked in the entertainment industry for decades, passed away on the birthday of her husband

SIR Mark Rylance’s wife Claire Van Kampen has died aged 71. She passed away on Saturday on what is her husband’s 65th birthday surrounded by her family, after being diagnosed with

British theatre director and composer Claire van Kampen has died, her oscar-winning actor husband Sir Mark Rylance has said.

Claire van Kampen, a theater director, composer and wife of actor Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning. She was 71. Van Kampen died in Kassel, Germany, “surrounded by her family” following a battle with cancer, Rylance and her daughter Juliet shared in a statement, per The Guardian. Saturday was also her husband’s 65th birthday.

Director, who died in German town of Kassel on Saturday morning, had been diagnosed with cancer

British theatre director and composer Claire van Kampen has died aged 71, her husband actor Sir Mark Rylance has confirmed. Van Kampen, who was the first female musical director at both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre,