With news of Redford\u2019s death Tuesday at age 89, several Tiburon residents remembered him as a gracious, unassuming man who liked to walk around town and patronize local restaurants. \u201cEveryone misses him because he was nice and a class act,\u201d a waiter at one of Tiburon\u2019s bayside restaurant\u2019s told the Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Given what these locals told the Daily Mail, it\u2019s probably notable that Redford and Szaggars bought their Tiburon house in 2020. That\u2019s the same year that Redford\u2019s son, James Redford, who lived in nearby Fairfax<\/a> and who was a filmmaker and activist like his father, died of bile duct cancer at age 58.<\/p>\n While the waiter remembered Redford as kind and friendly, he also said there was \u201can intense sadness\u201d to him.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was one of my best customers and he came weekly,\u201d the waiter said. \u201cBob, as we called him, would sit at the same round table every week with his wife and friends and he was incredibly gracious.\u201d<\/p>\n But he also said: \u201cBob talked about how much he missed his son, it was a heartbreaking thing for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Redford had two sons and two daughters with his first wife, Lola Van Wagenen. His first son, Scott Anthony, died at just 2 months old of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. James Redford died in October 2020. He was survived by his wife, Kyle Redford, and two children.<\/p>\n According to James Redford\u2019s obituary,<\/a> his first documentary film was inspired by his experience at age 25, needing a liver transplant after being diagnosed with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, a rare, chronic liver disease. That was the first of two liver transplants he would to save his life. His 1999 HBO film, \u201cThe Kindness of Strangers,\u201d celebrated organ donors and recipients by telling their stories. As James Redford said: \u201cA person who chooses to donate their organs gives others life. How amazing is that?\u201d<\/p>\n James Redford continued to make documentary films about climate change, alternative energy and environmental justice \u2014 causes he shared with his environmentalist father. James Redford\u2019s final film, produced for PBS\u2019s American Masters series, was about a fellow Bay Area resident, the writer Amy Tan.<\/p>\n In 2018, James Redford\u2019s liver disease returned, his obituary said. But before he could qualify for a new liver, he was diagnosed with cancer of the bile ducts. Treatments were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n James Redford\u2019s \u201cgreatest passion was his family.\u201d Perhaps his father and stepmother bought their home in Tiburon to be geographically close to him in the last year of his life and then they wanted to stay close to his wife and children after they died.<\/p>\n In a 2024 email to SFGate<\/a>, Redford said also that he and his wife \u201chave a long history and great affection for the town of Tiburon.\u201d The nature lovers especially appreciated the easy access to trailheads, waterfront and parks. \u201cWe have always loved the fact that one can walk to most places, not only stores and restaurants, but also hiking trails in the nearby open space,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Another Tiburon acquaintance told the Daily Mail that Redford \u201cwalked the trails all the time and knew the name of every flower and plant. He liked the local flora and fauna.\u201d When Redford walked around town, he\u2019d wear a cap and sunglasses, \u201cbut everyone knew it was Robert Redford,\u201d said another Tiburon resident. She said he would say hello and wave to locals, though no one would bother him for an autograph.<\/p>\n Redford and Szaggars\u2019 Tiburon home reflected both their desire for privacy and their love of their outdoors. Located at the end of a dirt road and cul-de-sac, the modernist, split-level home had wood-shingle exteriors, huge living room windows, two large decks with bay views and a patio and garden. Szaggars told SFGate that they created a Mediterranean-style garden filled with \u201cwater-wise\u201d plants such as lavender, jasmine and succulents. They sold their home<\/a> in late December 2024 for $4.65 million, about $500,000 above their asking price.<\/p>\n \u201c(Redford) said he loved Tiburon but it was time for a change,\u201d the waiter told the Daily Mail this week. \u201cHe said he would come back to visit. Everyone misses him because he was nice and a class act. He was so gracious. 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PARK CITY, UT – JANUARY 22: Sundance Institute President\/Founder and actor Robert Redford (L) and James Redford speak onstage at the New Climate Lunch Roundtable on day 4 of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at Wahso Asian Grill on January 22, 2017 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival)\u00a0<\/p>\n