Mark Rylance's wife Claire van Kampen dies aged 71 on his birthday Director Claire van Kampen, the wife of actor Sir Mark Rylance, has died aged 71.
Her youngest daughter having died in 2012, she leaves her eldest daughter Juliet Rylance, her eldest daughter, Juliet Rylance, her two husbands, and countless beloved friends in England and America.".
The announced, signed from "Mark and Juliet Rylance" continued to share: "Claire has died of cancer on Mark Rylance's 65th birthday.
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.
Van Kampen's theatre credits include composing the music for the 1989 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet starring Sir Mark, whom she married that same year.
