Barbra Streisand will always have fond memories of Robert Redford and The Way We Were. News broke on September 16, 2025 that Redford had died in his sleep at age 89 at his home in Utah. A cause of death was not revealed at the time. Hours after the Oscar-winning actor and director's death was confirmed by his rep, Streisand took to Instagram to pay tribute to her The Way We Were costar, sharing a black and white throwback photo from the 1973 romantic drama film. "Every day on the set of The Way We Were was exciting, intense and pure joy," she recalled.