Hunger Games star Donald Sutherland dies at 88

Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88 after “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 lived to be 88 years old.”

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

In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his acting.

Sutherland’s most recent roles include 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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