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Obituary: Christopher Plummer

Obituary: Christopher Plummer

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Scott Holleran
Feb 06, 2021
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I shall remember Christopher Plummer, who at 91 died at his home in America’s Constitution state, as an actor with the ability to deliver the deftly commanding performance.

Several tributes credit him as a great stage actor. I wish I could say that I’ve seen him perform on stage, especially in William Shakespeare’s Othello as Iago opposite James Earl Jones. However, this is unfortunately not true. My experience with Christopher Plummer is limited to film and television. I think he made the first serious impression on me with his performance as Rudyard Kipling in John Huston’s 1975 epic The Man Who Would Be King costarring Michael Caine and Sean Connery, which I saw in the movie theater. I was spellbound by his scenes as a venturing storyteller, which intrigued me and made me even more interested and curious about writing as a career. Before that, I had already been struck by his beauty and gallantry as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

Christopher Plummer was more than gallant, s…

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