Robert Redford, who died Sept. 16 at age 89, may be the last of a breed: the movie star who was movie-star gorgeous.

He had brains, talent, personal depth, a commitment to important social causes. Not just for show, for real.

But facts are facts. Redford owed his swift rise to the top, in the 1960s, to the same thing that propelled Cary Grant and Gary Cooper to stardom: his stunning looks.

Not just handsome. Not just sexy. Plenty of movie stars are that. But perfect — in a way that ordinary human beings can't even aspire to. He was so perfect he wasn't even vain about it.

"Do you know what's wrong with you?" Audrey Hepburn once asked Cary Grant in a movie. "Nothing." Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now.

That's also what was wrong with Robert Redford.

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