Donald Sutherland, whose career spanned MASH to Hunger Games, dies aged 88
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Son Kiefer Sutherland pays tribute to a father who ‘loved what he did and did what he loved’.
Donald Sutherland, the acclaimed Canadian actor who charmed and enthralled generations of audiences in films such as MASH, Klute, and The Hunger Games, has died at the age of 88.
The actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on Thursday, his son, actor Kiefer Sutherland, said on social media.
“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,” he wrote on X.
A tall man with a deep voice, piercing blue eyes and a mischievous smile, Donald Sutherland switched effortlessly from character roles to romantic leads opposite the likes of Jane Fonda and Julie Christie.
Among his most well-known roles was Hawkeye Pierce in Robert Altman’s MASH, set in a military field hospital during the Korean War, and a despairing father in Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning directorial debut, Ordinary People.
