Renowned Canadian actor, writer, singer, and musical arranger Christopher Plummer waves to the audience at the conclusion of his Tony-winning performance as colorful American actor John Barrymore in the play `Barrymore,` at the Music Box Theatre in New York City on October 15, 1997. 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.
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