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Robert Redford, star of Hollywood classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, has died aged 89. In a statement, his publicist Cindi Berger said the actor died on Tuesday at his home “at Sundance in the mountains of Utah – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved”. “He will be …

‘One of the lions has passed. Rest in peace my lovely friend’ – Meryl Streep pays tribute Robert Redford poses on a balcony along Main Street decorated with his Sundance Film Festival banners in 2003 Photograph: Douglas C Pizac/AP Tributes are starting to appear on social media. Meryl Streep, who starred in Out Of Africa and Lions For Lambs opposite …

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement. …

Robert Redford, the actor and director who sailed to Hollywood stardom with turns in classics such as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men” and invigorated American independent cinema as one of the founders of the Sundance Film Festival, died Tuesday morning. He was 89. Cindi Berger, his publicist, said he died at his home “in the mountains …

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MILAN (AP) — Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died following a crash in preseason training in Chile, the Italian Winter Sports Federation announced on Monday. He was 25. He’s the second elite Italian skier to die in less than a year, after Matilde Lorenzi in October 2024. Franzoso suffered “a major head injury” on Saturday and was being treated at …

A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates. The child, who was too young to receive the measles vaccine, developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) – a progressive and almost always fatal brain condition that strikes years after initial measles infection. SSPE affects around one in …

Ed Giacomin, a Hockey Hall of Fame goalie who played most of his NHL career for the New York Rangers, died Monday at the age of 86. Giacomin retired from the NHL after the 1977-78 season with 290 wins and 54 shutouts in 610 regular-season games. He entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 1987, and the Rangers …

CHICAGO (WLS) — Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar has died at the age of 79 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family announced Sunday. He served as the state’s governor from 1991 to 1999. Edgar was the last Republican governor in Illinois elected to more than one term. He is remembered as someone who served the state well. ABC7 …

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