Award-winning actor and screen icon Donald Sutherland has passed away at 88, his son Kiefer Sutherland confirmed.
"With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away," wrote Kiefer Sutherland in a post shared on social media. "I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived."
Creative Artist Agency's Missy Davy told The Hollywood Reporter that Sutherland died on Thursday in Miami following a long battle with an unspecified illness.
The Canadian actor and activist earned numerous achievements throughout his career, which spans seven decades. He's received an Emmy, two Golden Globe Awards, and an honorary Academy Award.
After rising to fame for his starring role in 1970's M*A*S*H, Sutherland went on to star in countless acclaimed films such as Klute, Animal House, and the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. More recently, he portrayed the lead villain, President Coriolanus Snow, in the Hunger Games series. Other notable roles to Sutherland's name include JFK, Ordinary People, Don't Look Now, Ad Astra, and Backdraft.
Sutherland married three times, first to Lois Hardwick from 1959 to 1966, and secondly, to Shirley Douglas from 1966 to 1970. He welcomed two children with Douglas, twins Kiefer and Rachel, in 1966. He had a highly-publicized affair with his Klute co-star Jane Fonda, who was married at the time, from 1970 to 1972. He married French-Canadian actress Francine Racette in 1972, with whom he welcomed three sons: Rossif Sutherland, Angus Redford Sutherland, and Roeg Sutherland.
Outside of his film and TV career, Sutherland was also a passionate anti-war activist. Per the National Security Archive, Sutherland was placed on an NSA watchlist between 1971 and 1973 due to activism.
RIP.
