Sydney Pollack dies at age 73
Sydney Pollack, the film director whose hits covered the 70s and 80s, died Monday of cancer at age 73, according to the New York Times.
Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy Tootsie and period drama Out Of Africa, has died of cancer at 73, his publicist said.