RIP Sydney Pollack

[Shane]

Director, producer, and actor Sydney Pollack passed away yesterday at his home in Los Angeles at age 73. The cause of death was said to be cancer.

His career began in the late 1950s as an actor and acting teacher of such thespians as Robert Duvall, Rip Torn, and Brenda Vaccaro. He then took a spot behind the camera for acclaimed films such as "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?," "Jeremiah Johnson," "Three Days of the Condor," "Tootsie," and his only Oscar-winner "Out of Africa."

In recent years, he directed the well-received "The Interpreter."

He also acted in such films as "Changing Lanes," Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut," "Michael Clayton," and his final acting role, "Made of Honor."