The Hollywood veteran handed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 16, in Sundance, Utah, a spot he deeply cherished, surrounded by his family members at 89.

The producer by no means a lot fancied the glitz and glam of Hollywood whereas alive, and acknowledged his want to have a peaceable and intimate funeral. 

Honoring her late “Pete’s Dragon” co-star, Howard uploaded a heartwarming photograph of Redford together with his arm round her, as she teared up, on Instagram.

Within the prolonged emotional caption, the 44-year-old director confessed that it had taken her some time to place phrases to how she felt in regards to the lack of her beloved on-screen father.

She started by reminiscing on the primary time she had met Redford, the place their introduction was her working into his arms in a heat embrace. Howard recalled Redford’s response instantly after the scene was over. He laughed and informed her, “You got here at me like a cannonball!”

From then on, their relationship blossomed. The “Jurassic World” star acknowledged that she would at all times bear in mind Bob, as he was fondly referred to as by pals, as “robust, and very important, and heat. 

She mirrored on the occasions they’d spent strolling within the woods of New  Zealand whereas Redford shared tales of his childhood and his enduring love for nature.

“We’ve misplaced an enormous, however Bob’s legacy will at all times endure. My coronary heart is together with his household and family members,” Howard concluded.

As confirmed by The Blast, the Hollywood legend died within the early hours of September 16. The information was confirmed by Cindi Berger, of Rogers & Cowan PMK, who shared that Redford handed “within the place he liked, surrounded by these he liked.”

Having expressed his love for nature years again, it’s no shock that he took his closing breath there.

“I found how vital nature was in my life, and I wished to be the place nature was excessive and the place I assumed it might possibly be eternal,” he as soon as stated in an interview, per Every day Mail.

Following Redford’s passing, shut sources opened up about how the legendary actor was burdened with the grief of shedding his son.

The Academy Award winner had 4 youngsters throughout his first marriage: Scott, Shauna, James and Amy Redford.  His third little one, James Redford, died at 58 in October 2020, after battling a major sclerosing cholangitis analysis for over twenty-seven years. 

As The Blast reported, a neighborhood of Tiburon, California, the place Redford had lived beforehand, revealed that the “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” star had a tough time residing with out his son and continued to mourn his loss. 

“There was an intense disappointment to him after his son died a couple of years in the past…Bob talked about how a lot he missed his son; it was a heartbreaking factor for him,” the waiter alleged.

They added that the loss of life of James “took a toll” on the movie director. 

James’ loss of life was not the one heartbreaking loss Redford skilled. Throughout the early years of his marriage to Lola Van Wagenen, the previous couple misplaced their firstborn, Scott, at a young 2 ½ months to sudden toddler loss of life syndrome (SIDS).

Scott died only one 12 months into the younger couple’s marriage, Robert, 21 and Lola, 20. 

Redford confessed that the ache by no means actually left, saying, “One thing like that does not get utterly dismissed. It in all probability reveals up in varied small methods you are not even conscious of.”

He acknowledged that he didn’t understand how to deal with that tragedy and even opted for remedy.