Robert Redford, Legendary Actor, Environmental Activist, Dead at 89
by Simon Kent · BreitbartRobert Redford, legendary Hollywood actor, director and environmental activist, has died. He was 89.
Redford was known internationally for a host films including Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, The Way We Were, and The Sting.
He was also one of the founders of the Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent U.S. film festival.
The actor’s publicist Cindi Berger said he died Tuesday at his home “at Sundance in the mountains of Utah – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved.”
“He will be missed greatly,” Berger said, adding that the family are requesting privacy.
Redford leaves behind his wife Sibylle Szaggars who he married in 2009.
He had previously been married to Lola Van Wagenen – the couple had four children before divorcing in 1985.
One of their children, Scott, died at the age of two months from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), CBS reports, and James, died of cancer in 2020.
The octogenarian is survived by two daughters – Shauna, an artist, and Amy, a director.
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