Robert Redford may have charmed Hollywood for decades with his smile and good looks, but behind the warm personality was a man who had dark days and devastating losses, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

A closer look at the movie star's life comes after his death at the age of 89 . Article continues below advertisement

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"People think it’s been easy for me,” Redford once told People . "It's so untrue." When he was just 11 years old, Redford was stricken with polio, forcing him to spend several weeks in bed.

He explained in the interview: "Before the Salk vaccine was discovered, what hung over your childhood was always the fear of polio because all you saw were people in iron lungs."

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