‘Deeply saddened’: California couple found dead along highway were headed to Oregon festival
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Key Points:
- An elderly California couple, Judith Sheldon (84) and Wylie Sheldon (86), were found dead in their vehicle along northbound Interstate 5 near Redding, Oregon, on June 15, with their deaths believed to be medically related.
- The couple was en route to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland when they were discovered unresponsive in their running Jeep Compass by a California Highway Patrol officer.
- Emergency responders attempted medical aid at the scene but both were pronounced dead; the cause of death remains under investigation.
- Judith Sheldon was a longtime arts patron, daughter of Oscar-winning director William Wyler, and former chair of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival's Board of Directors.
- The Oregon Shakespeare Festival expressed condolences, acknowledging the Sheldons' support of arts organizations, while the area was experiencing extreme heat with temperatures reaching 109 degrees on the day of the incident.
