Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director, has died at the age of 89, in line with his publicist.
Redford is probably finest identified 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 motion pictures all through the Nineteen Seventies.
He later directed award-winning movies akin to “Ordinary People” (1980) and “A River Runs Through It” (1992). “Ordinary People” additionally received Redford the Academy Award for finest 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 affect on the movie trade was acknowledged in 2002 with an honorary Oscar.
Redford was additionally a devoted environmentalist, transferring to Utah in 1961 and main efforts to protect the pure panorama of the state and the American West.