The acclaimed director, producer and also actor Sydney pollack He died yesterday at the age of 73, a victim of cancer.
Pollack's greatest success was in 1985 'Out of Africa»(Translated as Memories of Africa o Africa of mine), starring Robert Redford y Meryl Streep, which won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture.
He also directed, among many others, the multi-award winner «Tootsie»(982) or«The Three Days of the Condor»(1975). As a curiosity, the currently on the bill «Made of Honor»He has it as an actor.
He had two daughters - Rachel and Rebecca - and a woman he was married to for 50 years, Claire Griswold. RIP