Hollywood Star Robert Redford Has Died
As a charming rogue, Robert Redford once became a leading Hollywood star. In the comedy "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), he robbed trains and banks alongside Paul Newman. But the actor was not content with the image of a Hollywood heartthrob and became one of the defining actors of his generation, a successful producer, and a supporter of independent cinema. Now, Robert Redford has passed away at the age of 89.
Actor and Director Robert Redford Dies at 89
With works like "The Sting," "Out of Africa," and "The Horse Whisperer," he wrote himself into the screen history of the dream factory. As a director, he won an Oscar with his feature film debut "Ordinary People" in 1981. And as the founder of the Sundance Institute, which stands behind the Sundance Film Festival as the most significant US forum for independent filmmaking, the filmmaker, born on August 18, 1936, also wrote himself into the annals of the craft off-screen.
Not least, the openly liberal Redford was socially and politically engaged. Now, according to his publisher, the native Californian has passed away at the age of 89 at his home in the US state of Utah.
(APA/Red)
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