"...I choose now to live as a gay man"
Oscar
He had won an Academy Award for the 1964 movie "Zorba the Greek"
When asked if there are more sexual predators in Hollywood Thompson replied, “Of course. Many.”
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Won an Oscar for “Ed Wood”
Cites personal reasons
Sylvester Stallone paid tribute to Avildsen on social media, saying he was a "great director"