Donald Sutherland, shape-shifting movie star, dies at 88

By Clyde Haberman
New York Times·
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Donald Sutherland, shape-shifting movie star, dies at 88
Donald Sutherland, shape-shifting movie star, dies at 88

In a wide-ranging career (from M*A*S*H to Ordinary People to Invasion of the Body Snatchers), he could be endearing in one role, menacing in another and just plain odd in a third.

Donald Sutherland, whose ability to both charm and unsettle, both reassure and repulse, was amply displayed in scores

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