Hollywood icon Robert Redford has died at age 89
Redford died earlier today “at Sundance in the mountains of Utah , the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” his publicist Cindi Berger said.
“He will be missed greatly,” Berger says, adding that the family are requesting privacy.
One of the lions has passed,” writes Meryl Streep in a tribute, as Jane Fonda says the death of her frequent co-star has “hit me hard”.
In Utah , home of Redford’s Sundance Film Festival – fans tsaid.the actor will be remembered as “a classic actor” of “old Hollywood”.
The retired actor turned director starred in movies like Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and All The President’s Men.