Sydney Pollack

Dead

Born: 7/1/1934 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Died: 5/26/2008
Age: 73
Cause of death: cancer

Noted For: film director; The Way We Were (1973), Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1985). Won 2 Academy awards for Out of Africa (Best picture, Best director, 1986).