"""Christopher Plummer poses with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his work in """"Beginners"""" during the 84th Academy Awards, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. 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 winner in history, has died. He was 91. Plummer died Friday morning, Feb. 5, 2021, at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager"""