Producer, actor, and director Sydney Pollack has been fighting cancer for nearly a year and is now on to a separate peace.
With George Clooney on the set of Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007).
Pollack was one of the executive producers of Leatherheads.
He did good work. His creativity will be missed. View more about him here, here, and here.
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It was shocking when I found out about his death. It felt like it was still not his time. I’m really sad that he suffered with cancer, and now is gone. 😦