Sydney Pollack Dead At 73

Legendary film director and producer Sydney Pollack has died of cancer, aged 73.

Diagnosed with cancer 10 months ago, Sydney passed away on Monday, at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, with family members by his side.

As well as being a renowned director and produced, Sydney also was an actor who appeared in movies up until 2007.

He won producing and directing Oscars for the epic romance Out of Africa, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, in 1985 and directed Tootsie, where he played Dustin Hoffman’s agent.

A very sad and real loss; our thoughts go out to his family.