R.I.P. Sydney Pollack

Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.27.08 | 5:24 PM ET

Among other career highlights, of course, he brought Isak Dinesen’s “Out of Africa” to the big screen.

Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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John M. Edwards 05.28.08 | 2:03 AM ET

Hi Jim:

We will miss Sydbey Pollack.

But remember, RIP is pronunciation, without the beef.

RIP.

John M ///edwards

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