Posted on 09/16/2025 9:37:33 AM PDT by Morgana
Screen legend Robert Redford has died at the age of 89.
The Oscar-winner died in his sleep on Tuesday at his home in Utah, outside of Provo, The New York Times reported.
The announcement of his death was made by Cindi Berger, the chief executive of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK.
Redford was one of the top Hollywood leading men for decades, appearing in blockbusters such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men.
His first big break came in 1963, when he starred on Broadway in Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, which he would later reprise.
He often starred alongside many of Hollywood's leading ladies at the time, like Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were in 1973, and Jane Fonda in the 1967 film, Barefoot in the Park.
The actor began directing later in life and won an Oscar for Ordinary People in 1980.
He founded the nonprofit Sundance Institute in 1981, which became a staple in the arts world for years to come.
n 1984, he transformed a struggling film festival into what's now known as The Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah.
It was a home for budding filmmakers to make a statement, famously featuring directors like Quentin Tarantino, Ava DuVernay, James Wan, and Darren Aronofsky.
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That said, he was a success in his biz and enjoyed a long life, so good on him and RIP.
The resort is really nice. They shut down all the stores. Redford sold all of it a few years ago.
I wasn’t a fan of all of his movies but the three that are my favorites are The Natural, The Last Castle, and The Electric Horseman.
He was also in a couple of Alfred Hitchcock TV shows, and I think maybe a Perry Mason episode.
I never got into The Natural.
Seemed all over the place.
(Hmmm ... you can find a lot of references online and in print to Redford winning a college baseball scholarship. Was he lying about that?)
This is doubtful. I can’t see Colorado offer a baseball scholarship for someone who played tennis at an out of state high school. In those days, I doubt the school even had full baseball scholarships for anyone.
Maybe the relatives can replant the trees that were cut down to make the ski slope at Sundance.... to help make up all the jet travel around the world the “environmentalist” took.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/robert-redford-legacy-film-1236374106/
The Legacy of Robert Redford in Film
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