- Legendary director and occasional actor Sydney Pollack died of cancer, in Los Angeles, on May 26th. Among the Academy Award winner's best known films are Tootsie, Out of Africa, The Firm, The Way We Were, and Three Days of the Condor. His acting credits include The Player, Eyes Wide Shut, and Michael Clayton, as well as appearances on TV shows such as The Sopranos, Frasier, Mad About You, and a recurring role on Will & Grace. Pollack was 73.
- Comedian Dick Martin, who alongside partner Dan Rowan, created the hit '60s variety show that launched the careers of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, died on March 24th of respiratory complications in Santa Monica, CA. He was 86.
