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Robert Redford was one of the greatest stars of his generation but preferred to keep his family and his personal life out of the public eye.

The actor grappled with death and grief throughout his life, including his loosing his mother at age 18 and outliving two of his children.

Redford relied on acting and directing to help him cope.

Some of Robert Redford ’s most famous roles and projects—including his Academy Award-winning 1980 drama Ordinary People —tackled themes of grief and trauma. They were subjects the Hollywood star knew all too well.

Redford, who died Tuesday at age 89, experienced multiple tragedies in his own life. “There have been so many hits on our family that no one knows about, and I don’t want them to, for my family’s sake,” the acto

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