{"id":5336,"date":"2024-06-20T17:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/entertainment\/donald-sutherland-star-of-mash-and-ordinary-people-dead-at-88\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:56:45","slug":"donald-sutherland-star-of-mash-and-ordinary-people-dead-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/?p=5336","title":{"rendered":"Donald Sutherland, star of \u2018M*A*S*H\u2019 and \u2018Ordinary People\u2019, dead at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAcclaimed actor Donald Sutherland has died at 88. The actor\u2019s career spanned six decades during which he earned an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and an honorary Academy Award.
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Donald Sutherland, one of Canada’s most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in films such as “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “Ordinary People” and the “Hunger Games” films, has died at the age of 88.<\/p>\n

The Canadian actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on Thursday, his son, actor Kiefer Sutherland, said on social media.<\/p>\n

The tall actor with a deep voice, piercing blue eyes and mischievous smile managed to switch effortlessly from character roles to romantic leads, opposite the likes of Jane Fonda and Julie Christie. He also played his share of oddballs and villains during a career that began in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the 1970s, he remained in demand for film and TV projects into his 80s. Known for his unconventional looks and his versatility as an actor, Sutherland played a wide range of memorable characters.<\/p>\n

These included a rascally Army surgeon in “M*A*S*H” (1970), a quirky tank commander in “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970), a small-town detective in “Klute” (1971), a stoned and libidinous professor in “Animal House” (1978), a local official facing an alien presence in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978) and a despairing father in “Ordinary People” (1980). He won a new generation of fans with his glorious portrayal of a despotic president in “The Hunger Games” (2012) and its sequels.<\/p>\n

“I wish I could say thank you to all of the characters that I’ve played, thank them for using their lives to inform my life,” Sutherland said in his speech accepting an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 2017.<\/p>\n

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