Movie star and visionary Robert Redford has died at age 89

Movie star and visionary Robert Redford has died at age 89

Neda Ulaby

September 16, 2025 / 6:14 am

Movie star and film visionary Robert Redford died at his home in Utah on Tuesday. He was 89 years old.

Inevitably, one word comes up when discussing Robert Redford: golden. Redford gleamed through more than 80 movies, many of them classics. His life included decades of activism and founding the Sundance Institute that profoundly shaped decades of independent film.

Fittingly, Redford's history started in Los Angeles. His working-class family was the only white one on their mostly Mexican block. As a kid, Redford often misbehaved in school.

"I was constantly at the blackboard, either being punished for things I'd done wrong, and having to do repetitions of math up on the board, or I w