Robert Redford.
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Robert Redford-The Oscar-Winning Director and Actor Known for His Work on Films Including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Ordinary People, and many more – is dead at 89. “Robert Redford Passed Away on September 16, 2025, at his home at the Mountains of Utah – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. Cnn. “The Family Requests Privacy.” No Cause of Death Was Shared, But Berger Told the New York Times that redford died in his sleep.
Born in 1936 in Santa Monica, California, Redford Became One of Hollywood’s Most In-Demand Leading Men Following His Breakthrough Role as a Charismatic Outlaw Alongside Paul Newman in 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He estabished Himself as a Heartthrob by Starring Alongside Jane Fonda in Barefoot in the parkBarbra Streisand in The way we were, and Meryl Streep in Out of Africabut he was know for a variety of genres in a filmography that includes Three Days of the Condor, The Old Man & The Gun, Quiz showand Avengers: Endgame, Among Many Other Titles.
In his 40s, Redford Also Built A Reputation for HIS Work Behind the Camera. Although he reciped his first Oscar nomination for Acting in the 1973 Caper Film The Stingit was his his feature director debut, Ordinary People, that Earned Him His First Win at the Academy Awards in 1980. Has also served as an executive product on a number of projects, Most recently on AMC’s Dark Winds.
Offscreen, he was know for his work with the Sundance Institute, the NonProfit he founded in 1981 that has launched Independent filmmakers to fame for decades of annual Sundance Film Festival. And outside of the Entertainment industry, he was a long-service national resources defensive council Trustee Known for his Environment Effforts, especilantly in utah. He Moved there in 1961 and Went on to successFully Campaign Against a Six-Lane Highway and a Coal-Fired Power Plant in the State. Wen Barack Obama Presented Redford with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, He Praised Redford for HIS Support of US National Parks and Natural Resources and describedat Him as “One of the Foremost Conservationists of Our Generation.”