Robert Redford, who died on September 16, 2025, was more than a Hollywood icon; he was a devoted father shaped by profound private loss. Behind the golden-boy image and the Sundance legacy stood a man whose deepest joys\u2014and deepest pains\u2014were bound to his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Married to Lola Van Wagenen in 1958, Redford became a young father in New York. Their first child, Scott, died of SIDS at just 2\u00bd months in 1959, a trauma Redford said never fully left him and even stirred irrational guilt. The grief lingered in the shadows of his soaring career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Decades later, tragedy returned when his second son, James \u201cJamie\u201d Redford, died in 2020 at 58 after liver cancer and lifelong autoimmune disease. A filmmaker and environmental advocate, Jamie shared an unbreakable bond with his father, who mourned privately and praised his son\u2019s legacy of art and conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Redford\u2019s surviving daughters, painter Shauna (married to author Eric Schlosser) and filmmaker-actor Amy, continue his artistic spirit and humanity. Despite fame and accolades, he called his children his greatest achievement. He passed peacefully at his beloved Utah home, surrounded by family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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