Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who explored every facet of American life on film as an actor, director and producer, and made Utah a hub for independent filmmaking through his Sundance Institute, has died.

Redford died Tuesday morning at his home in Utah, according to his longtime publicist, Cindi Berger. In a statement, Berger said Redford died in his sleep, but did not provide a cause of death, according to The New York Times. He was 89.

With his chiseled good looks and blond hair, Redford was the perfect embodiment of a movie star from the late 1960s through the 1970s. Those looks made him perfect to play patrician figures striving for acceptance, such as the screenwriter Hubbell Gardner in “The Way We Were” (1973) or the high-living title character in “The Great Gatsby” (19

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