Obituaries

Director Jeffrey Ian Pollack Dies in Hermosa Beach at 54

Filmmaker's body was found Monday near a jogging path.

By City News Service

Jeffrey Ian Pollack, who directed the movies "Booty Call" and "Above the Rim" and was a producer of the television program "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" was being mourned Thursday after his death in Hermosa Beach.

Pollack, 54, was found dead near a jogging path around 6:30 a.m. Monday in the area of Ardmore and Longfellow avenues, according to Hermosa Beach Police Department Capt. Tom Thompson.

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Pollack apparently died of natural causes and foul play is not suspected, Thompson told the Daily Breeze.

Police located Pollack, wearing jogging attire and a portable music player, after a woman walked into the police station and reported a man down, Thompson said.

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He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pollack was a Manhattan Beach native and a graduate of the USC film school, the Daily Breeze reported.

His music player was playing songs by the Eagles when he was found, according to news reports.

"He was my best friend and partner for a decade," Jeff Beacher, the creator of the Beacher's Madhouse variety shows performed at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood said in a statement, as reported by CNN. "He was my brother and father in one. Words can't describe how I feel right now."


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