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Robert Redford appeared in more than 80 movies over his career and founded the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit foundation to develop and promote independent films. He died Tuesday at the age of 89. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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'I was quite a maverick kid' — 'Fresh Air' went behind the scenes with Robert Redford

The legendary actor died Tuesday at 89. "I wasn't learning the way I was supposed to learn ..." he explained in 2013. "I realized that my education was going to happen when I got out in the world."