Tragic Details About Robert Redford

Dec 18 2020

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Still going strong well into his eighties, Robert Redford is one of the last surviving stars to have broken through during Hollywood's Golden Age. But despite a six-decade career, the star has suffered many losses. Here are the tragic details about Robert Redford. In 2011, the famously private Robert Redford surprised everyone when he agreed to cooperate with author Michael Feeney Callan on a book about his eventful life. And one of the many intriguing revelations which emerged was the actor's bout of polio as a child. Thankfully, it wasn't a severe case, but even so, the future Hollywood star was still forced to spend several weeks in bed after over-exerting himself during an ocean swim. Redford would later pay tribute to Jonas Salk, the scientist who found a vaccine for the disease, in a 2014 short film. The Oscar winner stepped behind the camera to direct a part of Cathedrals of Culture, a 3D documentary about San Diego's Salk Institute for Biological Studies. In a 2014 interview with Express, Redford revealed what it was like to be alive when Salk discovered the polio vaccine: "I was around when the polio epidemic was still a threat ... so when Jonas Salk invented the vaccine, it was just earth-shattering news." Watch the video for more Tragic Details About Robert Redford. #RobertRedford #Actors Contracted polio as a child | 0:00 Lost his mom at 18 | 1:09 Kicked out of college | 1:50 Lost his firstborn | 2:32 Near death of second son | 3:27 Murder of daughter's boyfriend | 4:20 Mysterious death of Natalie Wood | 5:30 Split from his first wife | 6:39 Death of Redford's son James | 7:44