Cinema legend Robert Redford, a screen great in front of and behind the camera whose career spanned six decades, died Tuesday morning at his home in Utah, his publicist said. He was 89. Redford died in his sleep, and a specific c
AFP | Los Angeles
Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com
Cinema legend Robert Redford, a screen great in front of and behind the camera whose career spanned six decades, died Tuesday morning at his home in Utah, his publicist said. He was 89.
Redford died in his sleep, and a specific cause was not given, according to a statement by Cindi Berger, the chief executive of publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK.
“Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah -- the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” Berger said.
The tousle-haired and freckled heartthrob made his breakthrough alongside Paul Newman as the affable outlaw in the Western “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” in 1969.
After 20 years as an actor, he moved behind the camera, becoming a director and co-founding the Sundance festival for aspiring independent filmmakers. Redford won a directing Academy Award for his 1980 film “Ordinary People,” as well as an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2002.
A committed environmental activist, Redford also fought to preserve the natural landscape and resources around Utah.
