Later Life and Death
Hutt retired from the Stratford stage in 2005 with a reprise of Prospero in The Tempest, a role for which he was renowned. He appeared in the television series Slings and Arrows as an ailing stage icon who wants to play King Lear one last time. He had planned to return to Stratford in 2007 in a production of A Delicate Balance, but had to cancel due to poor health.
Hutt, who had leukemia, died peacefully in his sleep on June 27, 2007 in Stratford, Ontario.
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