Donald Sutherland, revered actor from ‘M*A*S*H’ movie and ‘The Hunger Games,’ dies at 88
Canadian actor Donald Sutherland poses during a photocall, few hours before receiving the Donostia Award for his career, during the 67th San Sebastian Film Festival, in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on September 26, 2019.
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Donald Sutherland, the influential actor who graced film and television screens across multiple decades, has died at the age of 88, his son announced Thursday.
Kiefer Sutherland posted about his father’s death on social media, describing him as “one of the most important actors in the history of film.”
“Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly,” he wrote. “He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.”
The Creative Artists Agency also announced their client’s death, saying Donald Sutherland died of a long illness in Miami, Florida.
Donald Sutherland, a Canadian born actor, rose to fame in the 1970s with film roles in “M*A*S*H” and “The Dirty Dozen.” But his career has spanned such a breadth that he was a household name for multiple generations.
Donald Sutherland making point while sitting in a scene from the film ‘MASH’, 1970.
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In “The Hunger Games” franchise, he portrayed the villainous Panem President Coriolanus Snow, facing off against Jennifer Lawrence as young heroine Katniss Everdeen. He also played the role of loving father in the 2005 adaptation of “Pride & Prejudice,” which starred Keira Knightley.
Source – CNBC
