Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director, has died at the age of 89, based on his publicist.
Redford is probably greatest recognized for his starring roles in 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and 1976’s “All the President’s Men.” He starred in a string of hit films all through the Seventies.
He later directed award-winning movies reminiscent of “Ordinary People” (1980) and “A River Runs Through It” (1992). “Ordinary People” additionally gained Redford the Academy Award for greatest director.
Redford’s ardour for filmmaking led to his creation of the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit that helps unbiased movie and theater and is thought for the Sundance Film Festival. His lifelong impression on the movie business was acknowledged in 2002 with an honorary Oscar.
Redford was additionally a devoted environmentalist, shifting to Utah in 1961 and main efforts to protect the pure panorama of the state and the American West.