Hollywood icon Robert Redford passes away at 89

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy, liberal activist, and a pioneering force for independent cinema, passes away on Tuesday. He was 89.“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.

He will be missed greatly. The family requests privacy,” Cindi Berger, the chief executive of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK, told NBC News.No cause of death was provided.According to AFP, the actor passed away peacefully in his sleep. Born Charles Robert Redford Jr. on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, he was the son of an accountant. Redford was one of the defining stars of the 1970s, with notable performances in 'The Candidate', 'All the President’s Men', and 'The Way We Were'.

After 20 years as an actor, he moved behind the camera. He went on to win the Academy Award for Best Director for 'Ordinary People' (1980), which also won Best Picture.He is survived by his wife, Sibylle Szaggars, whom he married in 2009, according to CBS News, the BBC’s U.S. partner.Redford was previously married to Lola Van Wagenen, with whom he had four children before their divorce in 1995. Two of his children predeceased him: Scott Anthony, who died in infancy in 1959, and James Redford, a filmmaker and activist who passed away in 2020.