By Pratyasha Sarkar

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Popular actor and director Robert Redford passed away at the age of 89 in his hometown of Utah on September 16, 2025. Redford’s publicist, Cindi Berger, confirmed the same in an official statement.In a statement given to CNN on September 16, Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK, announced that Robert Redford had passed away. The statement said:”Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah–the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He will be missed greatly. The family requests privacy.”Robert Redford was married to Sibylle Szaggars, who is a German-born artist and environmentalist. Szaggar’s art focuses on the earth and the environment, evoking “a deeper universal consciousness”, per her official website. She met Redford at the Sundance Mountain Resort in 1996. The two tied the knot in 2009 and share a 20-year age gap.Robert Redford and Sibylle Szaggars do not share any children. However, Redford shared four children from his first marriage to Lola Van Wagenen. They were Scott, Shauna, James, and Amy Redford. Scott passed away from sudden infant death syndrome when he was two months old. Redford lost his son James to cancer in October 2020.He is survived by his wife, Sibylle Szaggars, and children Shauna and Amy Redford.When Robert Redford claimed his relationship with Sibylle Szaggars was not “coloured by success”‘All Is Lost’ Premiere – The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival – Source: GettyIn a 2014 interview on a panel for YoungArts Salon, Robert Redford and Sibylle Szaggars spoke together, revealing details about their relationship. Redford explained that Szaggars did not know much about his films at that time, making it a genuine relationship, not “coloured by success.””It was a wonderful beginning of a relationship, because it began as two human beings meeting each other and finding a connection as two human beings, rather than being colored by success.”The actor added that Szaggars being unaware of his career and popularity meant he “started from a more even playing field” and “didn’t have to worry about any agenda.” He considered it a “nice way to start” their romance.Robert Redford and Sibylle Szaggars tied the knot in a private ceremony with only 30 family members at the Louis C. Jacob Hotel in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2009.Speaking in the aforementioned panel, Szaggars recalled how she was nervous about meeting Redford for the first time, as she had not seen many of his films. She knew of two films at that time, saying:”I knew of him. I had seen Jeremiah Johnson, one of my favorite films, and Barefoot in the Park. Oh my God, I don’t know any of his films.”Sibylle Szaggars then rented some of Robert Redford’s films before meeting him, on the advice of one of the actor’s friends. Two days before the dinner, she watched a few minutes of those six or eight films she had, in case he brought it up at their dinner. However, Redford never brought those up.”I thought, ‘What if he wants to talk about his movies?’ I have no idea, that would be so embarrassing. I probably would have mixed everything. Of course, he did not talk about it, so I was rescued and saved,” Szaggars said.Robert Redford also shared his wife’s passion for the environment, and they worked together on multiple issues. In 2015, Sibylle Szaggars founded The Way of the Rain, which focused on artistic and educational performances, aiming to spread awareness about various environmental issues and the protection of the planet. Redford served as the vice president of the organization. In the same year, the couple received the Princess Grace Foundation-USA’s Prince Rainier III Award in Monaco for their work on environmental issues. They were also honored for their work in 2018 at the Ryerson Woods’ 35th annual Smith Nature Symposium & Benefit. Apart from being a well-known environmentalist, Robert Redford is well-known for his contributions to film and media. Some of his best performances were in Barefoot in the Park, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Sting. The last film won the Academy Award for Best Film in 1973. Redford’s last film was The Old Man & the Gun at the age of 82, which was released in 2018.