{"id":2026153,"date":"2025-09-16T12:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2026153"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:43:06","slug":"robert-redford-dead-at-age-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/robert-redford-dead-at-age-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Redford Dead at Age 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Actor and director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/robert-redford\/\"><strong>Robert Redford<\/strong> <\/a>has died at age 89.<\/p>\n<p>Redford died on Tuesday, September 16, at his home in Utah, according to a statement to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/16\/movies\/robert-redford-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.caCP.06JR5OhksHzL&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a> from his publicist <strong>Cindi Berger.<\/strong> His rep confirmed that he died in his sleep but did not provide a specific cause.<\/p>\n<p>Redford got his start in the \u201960s with small roles on TV before movies like <em>Barefoot in the Park<\/em> with <strong>Jane Fonda<\/strong> made him a star. He went on to star in classic films including <em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were, Out of Africa, All the President\u2019s Men<\/em> and <em>Three Days of the Condor. The Sting<\/em>, which was released in 1973, earned Redford with his first and only acting Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, Redford transitioned into directing, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/robert-redford-88-makes-surprise-acting-return-after-6-year-hiatus\/\">winning an Academy Award<\/a> for his directorial debut, Ordinary People.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Redford was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/celebrity-activists-20141411\/\">also an activist<\/a> and is known for founding the nonprofit Sundance Institute, which went on to become the Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was born with a hard eye,\u201d Redford told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> in 2014. \u201cThe way I saw things, I would see what was wrong. I could see what could be better. I developed kind of a dark view of life, looking at my own country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Story is developing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor and director Robert Redford has died at age 89. Redford died on Tuesday, September 16, at his home in Utah, according to a statement to The New York Times from his publicist Cindi Berger. His rep confirmed that he died in his sleep but did not provide a specific cause. 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