Academy
Award
winning
director
Sydney
Pollack
passed
away
yesterday
at
his
Los
Angeles
residence.
The
director
most
famous
for
film
Tootsie
in
which
he
directed
Dustin
Hoffman
and
the
1986
drama
Out
Of
Africa.
The
veteran
was
diagnosed
with
cancer
nine
months
ago.
He
produced
films
too
and
and
occasionally
made
a
small
presence
onscreen.