Veteran journalist Bob Woodward remembered Robert Redford as “a noble and principled force for good” in a tribute to the late actor who portrayed him in the 1976 film about the Watergate scandal, All the President’s Men .

“His impact and influence on my life cannot be overstated,” Woodward wrote of Redford, who died Tuesday at age 89. “I loved him, and admired him — for his friendship, his fiery independence, and the way he used any platform he had to help make the world better, fairer, brighter for others.”

Not only did Redford play Woodward, the journalist credited the actor and filmmaker with encouraging him and his co-author Carl Bernstein to “ tell the Watergate story through the eyes and experiences of our reporting and the relations between the two of us.” That recom

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