Sound Of Music star Christopher Plummer dies aged 91

Christopher Plummer at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. File picture: AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn

Christopher Plummer, the award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film The Sound Of Music, has died aged 91.

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