Actor Donald Sutherland arrives for the 74th annual Academy Awards
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Actor Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. Sutherland, a Canadian born actor, rose to fame in the late 1960s and early ’70s with film roles in “The Dirty Dozen” and “M*A*S*H.” In Robert Altman’s gonzo anti-war film from 1970, Sutherland played surgeon Hawkeye Pierce, the role later made famous by Alan Alda in the TV adaptation of “M*A*S*H.”
Although Sutherland was never nominated for an Academy Award, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did bestow an honorary award upon him in 2017. He was nominated for nine Golden Globes — including for best actor in 1980’s acclaimed Robert Redford-directed film, “Ordinary People” — and won twice, for “Citizen X” and 2002’s HBO original movie “Path to War.”
He died at his home in Miami .He is survived by his wife Francine Racette and his five children, daughter Rachel and sons Roeg, Rossif, Angus, and Kiefer (an actor in his own right).
