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Robert Redford and the silent wounds of his life: Family, the loss of two children and commitment to the planet

2025-09-17 17:57:44Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Robert Redford and the silent wounds of his life: Family, the loss of two
Robert Redford

Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89, was not only one of Hollywood's biggest names and a star of a golden age of cinema. In addition to his work as an actor and director, he was also a dedicated environmental activist, a commitment he had begun in the 1970s and later shared with his son James, who died of cancer in 2020.

In his private life, the Oscar-winning actor had experienced two heavy losses: he had married for the first time in 1958 to Lola Van Wagenen, a historian he had met when she was just 17 years old, and who remained his wife until 1985.

The couple had four children: the first, Scott Anthony, was born in 1959 and died suddenly when he was just two and a half months old from a fatal infant syndrome, leaving the actor overcome with guilt.

A year later, Shauna Jean was born, followed by David James in 1962 and Amy Hart in 1970.

After ending his relationship with Van Wagenen, Redford remarried in 2009 to German artist Sibylle Szaggars. With her, in recent years, he had chosen a life away from the public eye, as life had once again tested him with the loss of his son James in 2020, who died at the age of 58 after a two-year battle with cancer.

James Redford, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, and director, was president of the Redford Center, the institute he founded with his father in 2005 to produce documentaries on social and environmental issues and to train young filmmakers on climate change. Long before the illness that later claimed his life, in 1993, James had undergone two liver transplants, an experience he recounted in the documentary “The Strangers,” to raise awareness about organ donation.

Protected and very private in his personal life, Robert Redford had expressed several times that he was uncomfortable with fame. After the death of his son James, his representatives had distributed a short statement: "The pain is unimaginable when losing a child", asking that this loss be experienced and passed in private, as was right. / Corriere della Sera


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