Robert Redford spent his last years quietly in the Bay Area before relocating to New Mexico, but friends and neighbors claimed the screen legend carried a visible sadness after losing his son James to cancer, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The Oscar-winning actor and director died on Tuesday, September 16, at the age of 89. Redford, famed for roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men, had lived with his wife, artist Sibylle Szaggars, 67, in Tiburon, an affluent enclave overlooking San Francisco Bay.
‘It Was Heartbreaking’
Locals recalled he was friendly and approachable, though many noted the grief that followed James’ death in 2020 at the age of 58. The younger Redford, a filmmaker and activist, had battled liver disease for decades before succumbing to bile duct cancer.
“He was one of my best customers,” said a waiter at a bayside restaurant in Tiburon who often served Redford. “Bob would sit at the same table every week with Sibylle and friends. He was incredibly gracious; he’d chat with the staff and ask questions about our lives…