Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer at 73
May 27th, 2008 Posted in Celebrities, The Bad
Respected director/actor/producer Sydney Pollack died at his home in Los Angeles after succumbing to a 10-month battle with cancer. Reuters:
Hollywood filmmaker Sydney Pollack, who won a pair of Academy Awards for the epic romance “Out of Africa” and earned praise for acting stints in films including “Tootsie” and “Michael Clayton,” died on Monday after a battle with cancer, his spokeswoman said. He was 73.
During a varied career spanning almost half a century, Pollack directed such stars as Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in “The Way We Were,” Tom Cruise in “The Firm” and Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie.” Redford starred in seven of his films, including “Out of Africa,” alongside Meryl Streep.
Pollack died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Pacific Palisades at about 5 p.m. local time. He was diagnosed with cancer about 10 months ago, but doctors were never able to determine the primary source of the disease, said spokeswoman Leslee Dart.
So once again fate decided to be a giant asshole and take someone in Hollywood that actually matters. You know who should get hit by a bus right now could’ve gone on fate’s field trip instead? Paris Hilton, Spencer Pratt, and Denise Richards. Granted, the three of them are worth about as much as Mr. Pollack’s toe talent-wise, but they still would’ve made a suitable substitution. Fuck you fate.*
*By reading the following, Fate has agreed not to come to Bluto’s house at 2 in the morning and scare the bejesus out of him before striking down his mortal life, and then taking him on a 7-hour, boobless car ride to the netherworld.
- Bluto -
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