While privacy is not something granted in show business, the 'Black Panther' actor and a few other late public figures from entertainment industry managed to keep their bouts with cancer under wraps.
- September 6, 2020
AceShowbiz - Concerns about Sydney Pollack's health surfaced in 2007, when he stepped down from directing HBO's TV movie "Recount", but not much was known about his condition at the time. He died on May 25, 2008 at his home in Los Angeles surrounded by his family. It was confirmed that cancer was the cause of his death and he quietly fought the disease for 10 months. A prolific director, producer and actor, he kept working after his cancer diagnosis, with some of his latest projects, "Recount" and "Leatherheads", for which he was credited as executive producer, being released in 2008.
