Renowned Canadian Oscar, Tony, & Emmy Winner Christopher Plummer Dies At 91 On Feb. 5, 2021 Editorial Image

Celebrated Canadian actor Christopher Plummer arrives for the Meet the Nominees Press Reception at the Marriott Marquis Hotrl in Manhattanon May 15, 2007. The event was the run-up for the 61st Annual Tony Awards the following month. In his extraordinary stage, screen, and television career spanning 7 decades, he accumulated an Oscar 2 Tony Awards, and 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. But he is perhaps best known for a film he detested making at the time, `The Sound of Music,` playing the role of `Captain Georg von Trapp` opposite Julie Andrews in `The Sound of Music` which won 10 Oscars in 1966 including Best Picture and Best Lead Actress. Plummer became the oldest actor to claim an Academy Award for his supporting role in `Beginners,` in 2011, at the age of 82. He was married 3 times, but seemed to have got it right the 3rd time around in a union with actress Elaine Taylor that lasted 50 years until his death on February 5, 2021, resulting from a head injury sustained in a fall. He died in his Weston, Connecticut home at the age of 91.