Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 NYT | Top Stories By: Brooks Barnes 17 September 2025 at 01:22 He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power. © Fred R. Conrad/The New York TimesRobert Redford in 2013. With a distaste for Hollywood’s dumb-it-down approach to moviemaking, he typically demanded that his films carry cultural weight.
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