RIP: Director, Producer, and Actor Sydney Pollack
May 27, 2008 by Chandra
Today brings news of yet another death in the entertainment industry. Director, producer, and actor Sydney Pollack passed away of cancer on Monday, Memorial Day, at the age of 73.
Most prominent as a director of such multi-genre films as The Interpreter (2005), The Firm (1993), Out of Africa (1985), Tootsie (1982), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Way We Were (1973), and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), Pollack also acted in numerous movies and television shows.
His TV-comedy appearances alone include Will & Grace (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006), King of the Hill (2000), Mad About You (1998), and Frasier (1994). The Academy Award and Emmy winner also lent his presence to other series, ranging from The Sopranos to the classic version of The Twilight Zone to Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Pollack was reportedly surrounded by family and friends at his death Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, and he’s survived by his wife Claire, two daughters named Rebecca and Rachel, his brother Bernie, and six grandchildren. A son named Steven died in 1993 in a plane crash in California.
