Hollywood legend Robert Redford dies at 89

Robert Redford – actor, director, producer, environmental crusader, Sundance prophet, and the last golden titan of American cinema – passed away peacefully at his beloved Sundance Mountain compound, surrounded by family, the scent of pine, and the soft echo of film reels spinning in eternity. The man who defined cool with a smirk. Who turned silence into suspense. Who gave us Butch, Gatsby, Bob Woodward, and the Horse Whisperer — then turned around and handed the mic to every unknown filmmaker with a dream and a camera. Born Charles Robert Redford Jr. on August 18, 1936, in a modest Santa Monica home, his childhood was painted in shades of hardship — a mother battling illness, a father emotionally distant, a...