Robert Redford Died at 89, Sundance Founder and Conservation Advocate

Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and founder of the Sundance Film Festival, died on September 16, 2025, at his home in Utah, his representatives said. He was 89. Redford, whose career spanned more than six decades and whose name became synonymous with a generation of American cinema, died in his sleep at his residence in the mountains of Utah, his publicist Cindi Berger said, adding that he was surrounded by family.

Redford rose to prominence in the late 1960s and became a defining figure of New Hollywood. He gained wider recognition for his turn opposite Jane Fonda in Barefoot in the Park (1967) and achieved stardom as the Sundance Kid opposite Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). He followed that with acclaimed performances in The Sting (1973), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, The Way We Were (1973), Jeremiah Johnson (1972) and the sports fable The Natural (1984). His portrayal of Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in All the President’s Men (1976) cemented his association with political thrillers in the 1970s.

Behind the camera, Redford won the Academy Award for Best Director for Ordinary People (1980) and...