Robert Redford once tried to scream cuts into his legendary career, but in the end he’s excellent at everything but quitting.
A few weeks after planning to “move towards retirement,” he told the New York Times in 2018, “I can’t imagine stopping at all, but I’m just going into new territory.”
And the multi-hyphenate certainly covered a lot of the ground before he died on September 16th at the age of 89. For decades he stars in many films like All President’s subordinates, Stab, Nature and Butcher Cassidy, Sundance’s Children, and he steps behind the camera to direct films like Ordinary People.
His spokesperson confirmed in a statement to e that he has passed away! The news noted that “he died at home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah.”
“The places he loved are surrounded by those he loved,” his spokesperson added. “He’s going to be overlooked a lot. The family demands privacy.”
He was born on August 18, 1936 to Charles Robert Redford Jr. and to his parents, Charles Sr. and Martha. Growing up in Santa Monica in the 1940s, Redford was a talented athlete with a rebellious streak and often skipped school.
