Michael J Pollard, ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ Actor, Dies at 80

“I have always loved his work and his truly unique on screen presence,” director Rob Zombie says of Oscar nominee

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Michael J. Pollard, an Oscar-nominated actor who starred in “Bonnie and Clyde” and in Rob Zombie’s horror film “House of 1000 Corpses,” has died. He was 80.

Zombie broke the news on his Facebook page Friday morning. A representative for Pollard did not immediately respond to TheWrap for comment. Dawn Walker, a longtime friend of Pollard, told The New York Times that he died of cardiac arrest on Thursday at a hospital in Los Angeles.

“We have lost another member of our ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ family. I woke up to the news that Michael J. Pollard had died.

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