Film director and actor Sydney Pollack died Monday. He was 73. Pollack is known for his many films including Out of Africa, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Pollack, originally from the ...

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LOS ANGELES — Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director of "Out of Africa" who achieved acclaim making popular, mainstream movies with A-list stars, including "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," ...

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Sydney Pollack, the prolific director, producer and actor whose films tackled a variety of social issues while garnering critical acclaim and earning boffo numbers at the box office, died of cancer ...

Filmmaker Sydney Pollack has died at the age of 73. The Oscar-winning director passed away in Los Angeles on Monday after a battle with cancer, his spokeswoman confirmed. Pollack also continued to act ...