Oscar winner Christopher Plummer dies at 91

Oscar-winning prolific actor, Christopher Plummer (91), died on Friday at his home in Weston, Connecticut. His wife, Elaine Taylor, who was also his best friend for 53 years, said the cause of his death was a blow to the head as a result of a fall.

Plummer is eminently known for his best performance in the most commercial success, ‘The sound of music’, a highest-grossing film of 1965. He starred as Austrian naval officer Georg von Trapp opposite Julie Andrews in this family musical entertainment. The beloved musical won five Academy Awards including Best Picture.

He played Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, Mark Antony and others of William Shakespeare’s towering protagonists on prominent stages. Plummer won an Oscar for Beginners and was nominated for All the Money in the World and The Last Station. He also won a pair of Emmys and two Tonys during a nearly 70-year career, which includes more than 200 films and TV shows.

Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years, said; “Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self-deprecating humour and the music of words. He was a national treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.”