Oscar Winner, ‘Sound of Music’ Star Christopher Plummer Dies

Oscar Winner, ‘Sound of Music’ Star Christopher Plummer Dies
Christopher Plummer poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 25, 2013. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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NEW YORK—Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.

Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager.