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Redford

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/ ˈrɛdfəd /

noun

  1. Robert . born 1936, US film actor and director. His films include (as actor) Barefoot in the Park (1966), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), All the President's Men (1976), Up Close and Personal (1996) and (as director) Ordinary People (1980), A River Runs Through It (1992), and The Horse Whisperer (1998)

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The show also included a lengthy "In Memoriam" segment, paying tribute to actor Robert Redford, which included a rare stage performance from Barbra Streisand.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Barbra Streisand paid tribute to her former co-star in The Way We Were, Robert Redford, who died last year aged 89.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

There was also a tribute to the late Rob Reiner and some misty watercolor memories from Barbra Streisand for the late Robert Redford.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Barbra Streisand closed the “In Memoriam” segment, which Billy Crystal opened by honoring the late Rob Reiner, by singing a verse of “The Way We Were” in tribute to the late Robert Redford.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Likewise the keyboard music of sixteenth-century English composers Thomas Tallis, William Byrd and John Redford, which was originally intended to be sung, was soon adapted, by them and others, into music tailor-made for the virginals.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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