An Intellectual Marlboro Man Tuned to Maximum Americana

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Through a career that stretched six decades, Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday (9/16/25) at 89, was an intellectual Marlboro Man tuned to maximum Americana.  Mr. Redford’s characters were “I’ll do it myself” men with skin as tough as elephant hide and a wardrobe gathered from an argyle-to-zoot-suit encyclopedia of American style.

Robert Redford preferred to discuss issues beyond his looks or clothing, but his wardrobe in films like “Three Days of the Condor” have had a lasting impact on Hollywood. When he wasn’t in front of the camera, Mr. Redford employed a simpler approach to clothing, such as jeans paired with a long-sleeved cotton shirt, the sleeves rolled to his elbows.

My [Laurel Delaney] favorite movie was "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (Redford's classic remark, "I can't swim.")  But there are so many other good ones.  He had an incredible career.

Mr. Redford would go on to become a director, winning an Oscar for “Ordinary People” in 1980. He moved to Utah, became a founder of the Sundance Film Institute (Sundance, Utah shown) and devoted much of his time to conservation causes.

Condolences to his family.  May Mr. Redford now find eternal peace.

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