Legendary actor Robert Redford dies at age 89

Legendary actor and director Robert Redford has died at the age of 89. A family representative says that he died at his home in Utah early this morning. ABC's Reena Roy takes a look back at his life and prolific career in Hollywood. Over a career that spans six decades. Robert Redford was one of Hollywood's leading men and most celebrated directors in American cinema. He was the quintessential handsome movie star who starred in classics like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid released in 1969. I want to fight him. They'll kill us. Maybe you want to die. Do you? The sting. I want to take over his operation and I need you to help me break him. And the way we were sharing the screen with Barbara Stryand. I'm celebrating. What are you celebrating? I think I should across the street. The California native's good looks and charismatic performances propelling him to fame. He also took his talents behind the scenes, winning an Oscar for best director in 1983 for the film Ordinary People. Maybe you can't love anybody. In 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his significant contributions to American culture. But for Redford, it wasn't about the awards. I'm not that comfortable uh celebrating myself and and and there's so many red carpets. so many places that I'm more interested in in what uh what the purpose is which is showing the films. Redford went to college on a partial baseball scholarship, reaching back to his youth, starring as a baseball player in 1984's The Natural. Though he was a mainstay in big studio movies, he was also a supporter of independent filmmakers using the millions he made to launch the Sundance Institute and festival in the 1970s. Our job and our role is to create a space and a platform to bring new voices and new ways of seeing the world using independent film to this place. That's it. We're not interested in the money. That's somebody else's issue. A family representative says Redford died at his home in the Sundance Mountains of Utah, the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He survived by his wife and three of his children. Reena Roy, ABC News, New