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Hollywood is mourning the loss of legendary actor, director, and activist Robert Redford, who died at his home in the mountains of Utah on September 16 at the age of 89. His publicist, Cindi Berger, confirmed the news, saying Redford passed away \u201cin the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,\u201d while the family requested privacy during this time of grief.
Redford, whose career spanned six decades, rose to international stardom with the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid alongside Paul Newman, and later cemented his reputation with the Oscar-winning The Sting. Despite his status as a Hollywood heartthrob, Redford was known to be uncomfortable with fame, once remarking that \u201cit\u2019s a miracle I didn\u2019t become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm\u201d because of how much people focused on his looks.
Tributes have poured in from across the world of film and politics. Actress Meryl Streep, who starred with him in Out of Africa, called him \u201cone of the lions\u201d of cinema, while longtime friend Jane Fonda said his passing \u201chit me hard\u201d and remembered him as \u201ca beautiful person in every way.\u201d Director Ron Howard described him as an \u201cartistic gamechanger,\u201d while Leonardo DiCaprio hailed him as both a \u201clegend\u201d and an \u201cincredible environmentalist.\u201d Political figures also honored his legacy, with former U.S. President Donald Trump calling him \u201cgreat,\u201d and Hillary Clinton praising him as a \u201ctrue American icon\u201d who championed progressive values.
Beyond acting, Redford\u2019s greatest legacy may be the Sundance Film Festival, which he founded in Utah in the 1980s to promote independent filmmaking. The festival became a launchpad for acclaimed films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Manchester by the Sea, Get Out, and CODA, which later won the 2022 Best Picture Oscar. Reflecting on Sundance in a 2014 interview, Redford said he wanted to create a place \u201cto come and develop new artists\u201d and build a creative community away from Hollywood\u2019s mainstream.
As a filmmaker, Redford earned an Academy Award for Best Director in 1980 for Ordinary People, and went on to direct critically acclaimed works like A River Runs Through It (1992), Quiz Show (1994), and The Horse Whisperer (1998). On-screen, his performances in All the President\u2019s Men, The Candidate, The Way We Were, and Three Days of the Condor remain enduring classics.
Redford retired from acting in 2018, citing fatigue after decades in the spotlight. Yet, his influence never faded, as younger generations of filmmakers and actors continued to regard him as both an inspiration and a mentor. Jamie Lee Curtis summed up his multifaceted life in a tribute: \u201cA life! Family. Art. Transformation. Advocacy. Creation. Legacy.\u201d
In addition to his film career, Redford was a passionate environmental campaigner, dedicating much of his later life to conservation efforts and climate advocacy. He leaves behind his wife, Sibylle Szaggars, whom he married in 2009, and two daughters, Shauna and Amy. He was predeceased by two sons\u2014Scott, who died in infancy, and James, who passed away in 2020.
Robert Redford\u2019s death marks the end of an era for Hollywood. An actor of immense talent, a director of vision, and a cultural pioneer who reshaped independent cinema, his impact will be felt for generations. As actress Marlee Matlin, whose Oscar-winning film CODA gained prominence at Sundance, wrote: \u201cA genius has passed. RIP Robert.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hollywood is mourning the loss of legendary actor, director, and activist Robert Redford, who died at his home in the mountains of Utah on September 16 at the age of 89. His publicist, Cindi Berger, confirmed the news, saying Redford passed away \u201cin the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,\u201d while the family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/images-2025-09-17T115326.841.jpeg?fit=520%2C520&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18949,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18948\/revisions\/18949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}