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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

© Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Robert Redford in 2013. With a distaste for Hollywood’s dumb-it-down approach to moviemaking, he typically demanded that his films carry cultural weight.
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Robert Redford: A Life in Photos

The Oscar-winning director, who preferred life away from Hollywood, was once a sex symbol and later an activist who used his celebrity to draw attention to the environment.

© Anwar Hussein/Getty Images

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The Kirk Crackdown Is Underway

The idea that there is more left-wing extremist violence than right-wing extremist violence is a dangerous myth.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

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