Robert Redford died carrying an “intense sadness” over his son’s cancer death, his former neighbours have revealed.

The Oscar-winning actor and director died this week at his home in Sundance, Utah, aged 89, and his ex- neighbours in Tiburon have opened up about his inner torment in his final years as they recalled how he struggled to come to terms with the death of his boy.

Robert, born on 18 August 1936, lived for several years in the Bay Area town of Tiburon with his wife, Sibylle Szaggars, 68.

Locals have now told the Daily Mail even though the actor was warm and gracious, he was also marked by grief following the death of his son James in 2020.

A waiter at a bayside restaurant told the Mail: “He was one of my best customers and he came weekly. “Bob, as we called him, would sit at

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