Christopher Plummer, a patrician Canadian who starred as widower Captain von Trapp opposite Julie Andrews in the blockbuster 1965 musical 'The Sound Of Music', has died at the age of 91.
Plummer, an accomplished Shakespearean actor honoured for his varied stage, television and film work in a career that spanned more than six decades, was best known for his role in 'The Sound Of Music', which at the time eclipsed 'Gone With the Wind' as the top-earning movie ever. He claimed a long-awaited Oscar at age 82 for his supporting performance in 'Beginners' as an elderly man who comes out of the closet as gay after his wife's death."You're only two years older than me, darling," Plummer, who was born in 1929, purred to his golden statuette - first given for films made in 1927 and 1928 - at the February 2012 Oscars ceremony.
62_elizay On with your next act. Go well sir...
Vale Sir.