{"id":2026165,"date":"2025-09-16T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2026165"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:49:02","slug":"robert-redford-activist-actor-director-and-sundance-leader-dead-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/robert-redford-activist-actor-director-and-sundance-leader-dead-at-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Redford, Activist, Actor, Director, and Sundance Leader, Dead at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000602\/\">Robert Redford<\/a>, the golden-haired leading man whose progressive politics informed his choices over a 60-year career, died on Tuesday morning at his home in Utah. He was 89.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times announced his death. In a statement provided to the outlet, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1547030\/\">Cindi Berger<\/a>, the chief executive of the publicity firm Rogers &amp; Cowan Pmk, said he died in his sleep but did not provide a specific cause.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Santa Monica, California, Redford studied painting at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144220\/\">University of Colorado<\/a> on a baseball scholarship. He began his acting journey at the American Academy of Dramatic Art and debuted on Broadway playing a baseball player in 1959 in \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054367\/\">Tall Story<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He played roles in television, theater and film, breaking out in 1966 with a trio of well-received movies, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059314\/\">Inside Daisy Clover<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061089\/\">This Property Is Condemned<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0109402\/\">The Chase<\/a>,\u201d opposite ingenue <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000404\/\">Jane Fonda<\/a>, who also costarred in romantic comedy \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061385\/\">Barefoot in the Park<\/a>,\u201d in which&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/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.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Redford, the golden-haired leading man whose progressive politics informed his choices over a 60-year career, died on Tuesday morning at his home in Utah. He was 89. The New York Times announced his death. 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