The Brief Robert Redford has died at the age of 89. Redford was an Oscar-winning actor, director, and godfather for independent cinema as the founder of Sundance. Hollywood icon Robert Redford has died Tuesday at 89. File: Robert Redford filming Three Days of the Condor; circa 1970; New York. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"File: Robert Redford and Paul Newman in pose for the 1969 western 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'.