Robert Redford’s grandchildren pay tribute to Hollywood icon as they share family photos | Ents & Arts News

Robert Redford’s grandchildren have paid tribute to the Hollywood icon with a series of never-before-seen family photos.

Redford died on Tuesday at the age of 89 in the mountains of Utah “surrounded by those he loved”, according to his representative Cindi Berger.

Now Conor Schlosser, the 33-year-old son of Redford’s eldest daughter Shauna Redford, 64, has posted five photos on Instagram with the movie star, including three throwback pictures from his childhood of the pair together.

In them, they are riding a horse, opening a present and playing golf.

Mr Schlosser, 33, also shared two more recent pictures with Redford, including one of them enjoying a meal and the other of him with his arm around his grandfather.

In a caption that accompanied the social media post, he wrote: “He was larger than life to the world, but to his family, he was simply that … family. “Rest in peace, Grandpa.🐎”.”

He added: “If anyone has a favorite story of him you’d like to share, please send it to me in a private message – I’d love to collect them.”

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His cousin, Lena Hart Redford, the 29-year-old daughter of Redford’s late son, James Redford, also posted a number of pictures with the Hollywood star on Instagram.

There were photos of her on a horse with her grandfather and also with him on a film set. She also included a photo of her late father with Redford in the post, which she captioned with a red heart emoji.

And in a tribute on Instagram Stories, she shared a throwback image of her and Redford wearing Kangol-brand beanies. “Taught me so much. … Had us all in Kangol,” she wrote.

She also posted a picture of Redford and her father horseback riding. “Dad & grandpa, I feel like they are riding awesome horses in heaven,” she wrote.

Lena Redford’s brother, Dylan Redford, shared a picture with his grandfather on his Instagram Stories.

He wrote: “He was best grampa a grandson could ask for. He also made amazing things, helped others make amazing things, and tried to make the world a better place.”

Redford fathered four children with his first wife Lola Van Wagenen – sons Scott and James and daughters Shauna and Amy.

Scott died in 1959 from sudden infant death syndrome aged only two months, while his younger son James died aged 58 of cancer in 2020.

Redford is survived by his wife Sibylle Szaggars Redford, daughters Shauna and Amy and seven grandchildren.