Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, died on Saturday. She was 71.

Mark Rylance is mourning the loss of his wife, Claire van Kampen, who died of cancer at age 71 on Saturday, January 18 - his ...

Ms. van Kampen’s first marriage was to Chris van Kampen, an architect. Their daughter Natasha van Kampen died of a brain hemorrhage she had on a flight from New York to London in 2012.

The sad news was confirmed by Mark and his daughter, Jennifer, with the pair sharing: "Claire Louise van Kampen, Lady Rylance ...

She was previously married to the architect Chris van Kampen, with whom she had two daughters, Nataasha van Kampen — who precedes her in death — and actor and producer Juliet Rylance.

She was previously married to the architect Chris van Kampen, with whom she had two daughters, the actor and producer Juliet Rylance and Nataasha van Kampen, a budding filmmaker who died in 2012.