Robert Redford
Iconic Filmmaker Lifeless at 89
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Robert Redford — the legendary Oscar-winning actor and director — has died, TMZ has confirmed.
Redford’s rep, Cindi Berger, tells us … Robert handed away Tuesday morning at his dwelling in Sundance, Utah. Berger says Robert was surrounded by the individuals he beloved within the place he beloved. His reason for dying has not been revealed.
The enduring filmmaker spent a long time as a number one actor in Hollywood, with a few of his most notable tasks being 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child,” 1973’s “The Sting,” 1975’s “Three Days of the Condor,” 1976’s “All of the President’s Males,” and 1984’s “The Pure.”

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He additionally labored with quite a few Hollywood’s favourite main women, together with Jane Fonda in 1967’s “Barefoot within the Park,” Barbra Streisand in 1973’s “The Means We Have been” and Meryl Streep in 1985’s “Out of Africa.”
Redford transitioned to directing in 1980, together with his debut movie “Odd Individuals” profitable main vital and business success. It additionally received him an Oscar for Greatest Director. In 2002, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Honorary Oscar.

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Then, in 2016, President Barack Obama handed Redford the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Redford can also be identified for founding the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit devoted to showcasing impartial filmmakers, in 1981. He took the helm of a struggling movie competition in 1984, which grew to become the long-lasting movie competition in Park Metropolis, Utah we all know and love immediately. In 2012, he reportedly expressed distaste for the way in style the competition grew to become.