Christopher Plummer dies, starring’The Sound of Music’ 82-year-old oldest Oscar winning record
Actor Christopher Plummer, who appeared as Colonel Trap in the musical movie’The Sound of Music’, died. 91 years old. The Associated Press reported that Plummer died on the 5th (local time) with his wife watching at his home in Connecticut, USA.
Plummer played the role of a stubborn and authoritative colonel of trap who lost his wife and raised seven children in The Sound of Music, which was released in 1965. In the movie, he was praised for singing’Edelweiss’ with a low-pitched voice. The Associated Press said, “Plummer has been active in the film industry for over 50 years and has played various roles, but it was the role of Colonel Trap that made him a star.”
Christopher Plummer
‘The Sound of Music’ is a film based on the true story of the Georg von Trapp family choir, who had to leave their homeland to escape Nazi German rule in Austria during World War II. In the movie, Colonel Trapp meets Maria (Julie Andrews), a free-spirited tutor who was formerly a nun, heals her heartache and marries her. Later, he fled to Switzerland with his family to escape Nazi rule.
Christopher Plummer receives the 2012 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor / Reuters Yonhap News
Born in Toronto, Canada, Plummer has appeared in more than 100 films after starting acting. In the movie’Beginners’ (2010), he won the 84th Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Award in 2012 for playing the role of a father who confesses that he is a homosexual after losing his wife. At the time, he was 82 years old and set the record for the oldest Academy Award winner. At the time, in the impression of the award, “(Oscar) you are only two years older than me. Where have you been in my life?”
He was awarded Canada’s Supreme Citizenship Medal in 1962 by Queen Elizabeth II, head of the Commonwealth. In 1986, he was dedicated to the American Theater Arts Hall of Fame.
