The famous actor Donald Sutherland died at the age of 88

Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died aged 88 following “a long illness”, his agent CAA confirmed to the PA news agency.

The star of Ordinary People, M*A*S*H and Six Degrees Of Separation was the father of 24 TV show star Kiefer Sutherland.

A statement from CAA said: “Acclaimed actor Donald Sutherland died today in Miami, Florida after a long illness. He was 88 years old.”

Sutherland won a Golden Globe for the television film Path To War and another gong along with an Emmy for the Citizen X miniseries.

In 2017 he received an honorary Academy Award for acting.

Sutherland’s most recent roles have included The Hunger Games film franchise as dictator President Coriolanus Snow and as a judge in the 2023 TV show Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

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