Donald Sutherland, veteran actor dies, called Miami Florida home
Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died
Emmy Award-winning actor Donald Sutherland has died. He starred in more than 200 movies and TV shows.
Acclaimed veteran actor Donald Sutherland, famous for his roles in “M*A*S*H,” “Ordinary People,” and “The Hunger Games” among more than 200 TV shows and movies, died Thursday in Miami. He was 88.
“With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away,” his son, fellow actor Kiefer Sutherland posted to Instagram. “I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film.
“Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived,” he said.
The Canadian actor disappeared into a wide variety of roles throughout his lengthy and prolific career, becoming the wise-cracking Dr. Hawkeye Pierce in the “M*A*S*H” movie, a detective in “Klute” alongside Jane Fonda, a pod person in the 1978 horror remake “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a convicted felon in “The Dirty Dozen,” a pyromaniac in Ron Howard’s “Backdraft,” a vampire slayer’s watcher in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” movie, an 18th-century Venetian explorer in 1976’s “Fellini’s Casanova” with director Frederico Fellini, a pot-smoking professor in “Animal House,” a grieving father in “Ordinary People,” a legendary safecracker in the 2003 remake of “The Italian Job,” and the authoritarian villain President Snow in “The Hunger Games” franchise, among many others.
Director Ron Howard praised Sutherland on X, formerly Twitter, Thursday, calling him “one of the most intelligent, interesting & engrossing film actors of all time. Incredible range, creative courage & dedication to serving the story & the audience with supreme excellence.”
Amazingly, Sutherland never received even a single Academy Award nomination, although he received an Honorary Award in 2017. He did win an Emmy and Golden Globe for his work in “Citizen X” and a Golden Globe for “Path to War.”
Sutherland is survived by his wife Francine Racette, his sons Roeg, Rossif, Angus, and Kiefer, and his daughter Rachel.
Did Donald Sutherland live in Florida?
After decades of living on the west coast, the Sutherlands made the jump to Miami in 2016, the New York Post reported, buying a condo in the 44-story Portofino Tower in South Beach.
Sutherland was often spotted in the area at arts events and local venues. The Miami Herald reported in 2019 on his love of finding new restaurants.
What did Donald Sutherland die of?
The family has not yet revealed the cause of death. Deadline reported that he died after a long illness.
