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Donald Sutherland is given a heartwarming tribute from Hunger Games producers who cast him as John Snow... after icon's death at 88


Hours after Kiefer Sutherland broke the news that his father Donald Sutherland had died at age 88, tributes started flowing in for the late, great and beloved actor.

'We asked the kindest man in the world to portray the most corrupt, ruthless dictator we've ever seen,' the franchise's official Instagram account posted. The film franchise, based on Suzanne Collins' bestselling novels, was set in a dystopian future, with North America split into 12 districts, and run by the rich and powerful who live in the Capitol of Panem - ruled by the tyrannical dictator President Snow. 'We asked the kindest man in the world to portray the most corrupt, ruthless dictator we've ever seen,' the franchise's official Instagram account posted; here Donald is seen left with Philip Seymour Hoffman who died in 2014

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