Tributes have been paid to Robert Redford, who has died aged 89 .

The actor, director, and producer passed away on Tuesday (16 September), his publicist confirmed. A true Hollywood icon, Redford was known for films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Way We Were .

He starred in the latter alongside famed LGBTQ+ icon Barbra Streisand , who is among those who’ve paid tribute to the acting great.

On Instagram the Funny Girl star shared a picture of herself with Redford from The Way We Were . “Every day on the set of The Way We Were was exciting, intense and pure joy,” she began. “We were such opposites: he was from the world of horses; I was allergic to them! Yet, we kept trying to find out more about each other, just like the characters in the movie.”

Streisand praised the

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