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Robert Redford Dead at 89 [1]
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Date: 2025-09-16
Actor/Director/Environmental Activist Robert Redford has died at the age of 89 in his home in Utah, it was announced this morning.
Redford also founded the The Sundance Film Festival in 1981, which has become seminal for its impact on independent filmmaking.
Redford, raised in Santa Monica, Ca., began acting on Broadway in 1959, moving to Television and film in 1960. He won a directorial academy award for his first film, Ordinary People.
His long career in TV and film spanned from “Maverick” in 1960 to Dark Winds in 2025.
He began his activism in 1960 when he fell in love with the mountains of Provo, Utah and built a cabin there for his family.
In 2019, Redford penned an op-ed calling the Trump administration, “a monarchy in disguise”.
Interview from Democracy Now! in 2010
www.democracynow.org/…
Thanks for everyone’s support.
In case you’re wondering, there are free streaming services where you can catch his old TV appearances and some of his films-
Pluto TV
Tubi
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