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Lee Cowan looks back on the actor, director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, who died this past week at age 89. [Watch our interviews with Redford from 1994, 2006 and 2018.]

The action movie star, who tapped into some childhood trauma to play mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr in his new film, reveals that he told costar Emily Blunt and director Benny Safdie he was scared to take on the dramatic role.

His music dates back to the birth of rock 'n' roll, as an early bandmate of Buddy Holly, and the writer of such classic songs as "I Fought the Law." But Sonny Curtis' most memorable composition may be a TV theme song that turned the world on with a . ...

Sonny Curtis died Friday, his wife of more than a half-century, Louise Curtis, confirmed to The Associated Press.

In her new memoir, the widow of Elvis Presley writes of what she lost when she divorced the King, and how she found herself - as a single mother, businesswoman and actress.