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Oscar-Winning Director and Environmental Activist Robert Redford Dies at Age 89

HeadlineSep 17, 2025

Tributes are pouring in for Robert Redford, the legendary Oscar-winning director, actor and activist, who died at the age of 89 at his home in Utah on Tuesday. Redford was a longtime environmental activist who served for five decades as a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Redford was also the creator of the Sundance Film Festival, which he helped grow into one of the largest independent film festivals in the world. We will hear Robert Redford in his own words later in the program.

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