Sydney Pollack dead at 73, Director, Out of Africa, The Way We Were, Tootsie

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Sydney Pollack

( Bob Willoughby )

Sydney Pollack works on the set of 1969's They Shoot Horses, Dont They? The Depression-era drama about marathon dancers starred Jane Fonda and earned Pollack an Oscar nomination for best director.

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