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He won the Oscar for Best Director for Ordinary People successful 1981.
Actor, director, and Sundance Institute laminitis Robert Redford died connected Tuesday astatine the property of 89, The New York Times reported, citing his publicist.His death, successful the mountains extracurricular Provo, was announced by Cindi Berger, main enforcement of the publicity steadfast Rogers & Cowan PMK, who said Redford died successful his slumber astatine his location successful Provo, Utah.
No origin was specified.Redford's vocation spanned much than 5 decades. He reshaped some Hollywood and the autarkic movie movement.He roseate to fame with films specified arsenic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and All the President’s Men (1976). He aboriginal won an Academy Award for directing Ordinary People (1980). His different notable directorial works included A River Runs Through It (1992) and Quiz Show (1994).Beyond the screen, Redford near an enduring taste people by founding the Sundance Institute successful 1981 and transforming the Sundance Film Festival into the world’s starring showcase for autarkic cinema. The festival helped motorboat the careers of directors similar Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, and Ryan Coogler.An outspoken advocator for biology causes, Redford fought against road enlargement and powerfulness plants successful Utah and served for 3 decades arsenic a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He became 1 of the earliest models for the actor-turned-environmentalist relation aboriginal embraced by stars specified arsenic Leonardo DiCaprio.Redford is survived by his wife, Sibylle Szaggars, daughters Shauna Schlosser Redford and Amy Redford, and 7 grandchildren.
