Donald Sutherland dies at 88.
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He was that rare thing: a character actor and a star.
Sutherland was a ‘character actor,’ which means he could portray many kinds of people other than himself, rather than a ‘star.’
It is rare to be both, but he was. Christopher Plummer (another Canadian), Anthony Hopkins, James Stewart, and Marlon Brando are other actors like him.
He was a consummate interpretive and creative actor/artist.
Molly Haskell, a former New York Times film critic, refused to comment on his death. She said, “It’s too…