{"id":81373,"date":"2024-07-04T16:33:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T09:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/?p=81373"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T09:33:50","slug":"sad-news-donald-sutherland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/sad-news-donald-sutherland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad News: Donald Sutherland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Sutherland, Veteran Actor, Dies at 88\n</p><p>Donald Sutherland, the esteemed actor known for his roles in numerous popular films spanning five decades, passed away at the age of 88.\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-81376 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/justmetalking.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/Screen-Shot-2024-07-04-at-16.31.48.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"261\"' height='\"356\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screen-Shot-2024-07-04-at-16.31.48.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p><strong>Career Highlights\n<p>Sutherland\u2019s career featured breakout roles in films like The Dirty Dozen and MASH, as well as acclaimed performances in Klute and Ordinary People. He gained further recognition for his role as the antagonist in the Hunger Games series.\n</p><p><strong>Passing and Early Life\n<p>He passed away at his home in Miami following a prolonged illness, confirmed by his agency CAA.\n</p><p>Born on July 17, 1935, in New Brunswick, Canada, Sutherland later moved to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Despite childhood illnesses including polio, rheumatic fever, and spinal meningitis, he pursued a career in acting.\n</p><p><strong>Journey to Hollywood\n<p>After studying acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Sutherland transitioned to television and low-budget films before making his Hollywood debut in The Dirty Dozen.\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-81377 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/justmetalking.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/Screen-Shot-2024-07-04-at-16.31.27.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"379\"' height='\"469\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screen-Shot-2024-07-04-at-16.31.27.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p><strong>Iconic Roles\n<p>Television Success and Recent Work\n</p><p>Sutherland\u2019s television career included an Emmy Award for Citizen X and a Golden Globe for Path to War. He reached a new audience with his role in The Hunger Games series.\n</p><p><strong>Honors and Personal Life\n<p>Although he never received an Oscar nomination, Sutherland was honored with an Academy Honorary Award in 2017. He was also recognized with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Canadian Walk of Fame.\n</p><p><strong>Personal Life and Legacy\n<p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-81378 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/justmetalking.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/240620-donald-sutherland-ew-525p-ab3875.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1500\"' height='\"2156\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/240620-donald-sutherland-ew-525p-ab3875.jpeg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Sutherland, married three times including to actress Francine Racette for 52 years, had five children, including his well-known son Kiefer Sutherland.\n</p><p><strong>Reflections on His Career\n<p>Reflecting on his father\u2019s career, Kiefer Sutherland expressed regret for not fully appreciating his father\u2019s talent earlier, citing a wide range of memorable performances.\n</p><p>By compressing the details, adding transitional phrases, and restructuring the information into subheadings, the text becomes more concise and easier to read while retaining its key information.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Donald Sutherland, Veteran Actor, Dies at 88 Donald Sutherland, the esteemed actor known for his roles in numerous popular films spanning five decades, passed away at the age of 88. Career Highlights Sutherland\u2019s career featured breakout roles in films like The Dirty Dozen and MASH, as well as acclaimed performances in Klute and Ordinary People.\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[693],"class_list":{"0":"post-81373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screen-Shot-2024-07-04-at-16.31.48.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p>