Shelley Duvall has died aged 75. The Shining star died of complications from diabetes on Thursday at her home in Blanco, Texas.

The iconic actress who played Wendy Torrance in the legendary 1980 Stanley Kubrick horror film died in her sleep.

‘My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,’ Dan Gilroy, her life partner since 1989, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Following a career that included major roles in Annie Hall, McCabe and Mrs. Miller and the iconic Olive Oyl in Popeye, Duvall retreated from Hollywood in 2002.

She later revealed that she suffered from mental illness and felt she had been ‘hurt’ by the showbusiness world.

Shelley Duvall, 75, died of complications from diabetes on Thursday