Robert Redford ’s list of film credits is lengthy with the screen icon starring in the likes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men . But his legacy is even larger.

After news broke that the actor—who founded the Sundance Institute in 1981 to support indie filmmakers, leading to the creation of the Sundance Film Festival — died at his home in Utah Sept. 16 at just 89, stars like Piers Morgan , William Shatner and Meryl Streep are sharing their thoughts.

Streep, who starred alongside Redford in Out of Africa in 1985, told Deadline in a statement, " One of the lions has passed. Rest in peace my lovely friend.”

Morgan, for his part, commemorated a moment of interviewing the late Hollywood legend.

“One of the all-time great movi

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