Robert Redford: one of Hollywood's defining stars

Robert Redford, the Hollywood actor who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, has died at 89. His role in the 1969 western caper "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" alongside Paul Newman launched him as one of the world's most recognisable and best-loved movie stars.