Christopher Plummer dies at 91

celebrating an acting legend christopher plummer was a leading man for generations born in 1929 in toronto a classically trained actor he started on stage shakespeare to be or not to be that is the question [Music] but it was his role at just 34 captain von trapp in the sound of music that would make a household name to say goodbye to you and of course the chemistry with julie andrews something diane asked about just a couple of years back do you have a crush on christopher plummer yeah we sort of did we were never an item as they say but now we are the best of friends we became the best of friends and that's lovely yeah probably because we weren't an item we should have ended up together we should have had a huge smashing affair instead an enduring friendship it all began on set and he worked to help julie anders get ready for that famous on-screen fight julian her life was not an angry girl i don't i doubt if she's ever sort of lost her temper and he said let's really have at it well you've got to hear from someone you're never home long enough i don't want to hear any more from you about my children no you don't but you've got to at 82 he was the oldest actor ever to win an oscar for his role in the film beginners you're only two years older than me darling where have you been all my life tonight julie andrews saying the world has lost a consummate actor today and i have lost a cherished friend tonight we celebrate a legend and that moment we founded the piano [Music] he was incredibly gifted and tonight we remember hi everyone george stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the abc news youtube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the abc news app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Published: Fri Feb 05 2021