Jane Fonda feels the values that her friend Robert Redford stood for are slipping away.
The “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” star died Tuesday at the age of 89. The Hollywood icon, who founded the Sundance Institute, died at his home in the mountains outside Provo, Utah, in his sleep. No cause of death has been given at this time.
“It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone,” Fonda, who shared a six-decade friendship with the fellow Oscar winner, said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly and E! News. “I can’t stop crying. He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way.”
The “Klute” star concluded her statement by urging people to keep Redford’s style of patriotism alive.
“He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for,” Fonda said.
