Robert Redford was not reported to be ill at the time of his death. He passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Sundance, Utah, on September 16, 2025, at the age of 89. There was no specific illness or health setback publicly disclosed just before his death. However, he did have a mild case of polio at age 11, which did not cause lasting damage. His son, David James Redford, died in 2020 from bile duct cancer, but Robert Redford himself was not publicly known to be suffering from any serious illness before his passing.
