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Naomi Clarke

Director Claire van Kampen dies aged 71 on birthday of her husband Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance and Claire van Kampen at Wimbledon in 2022 (Zac Goodwin/PA) - (PA Archive)

Director Claire van Kampen, the wife of actor Sir Mark Rylance, has died aged 71.

She died on Saturday, which also marked her husband’s 65th birthday, in the German town of Kassel surrounded by her family after being diagnosed with cancer, a statement shared on behalf of Sir Mark and her daughter Juliet confirmed.

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