Robert Redford dies – level 1
19-09-2025 07:00
Robert Redford dies. He is 89 years old. He is a very famous actor from Hollywood.
Redford plays in movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Later, he becomes a director. He even wins an Oscar for his film Ordinary People. In 1978, he starts the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. This festival helps small movie makers show their films. He also cares about nature and about people. In his later years, he acts in All is Lost.
Redford dies at home in Utah with his family around him. People all over the world will miss him. He is a man who changes cinema.
Difficult words: actor (a person in movies or plays), director (a person who makes a movie), cinema (movies and the place where people go to watch them).
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Which film earned Redford an Oscar?
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