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July 9, 2021
Lindsey Bahr
AP – Robert Downey Sr, the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr, has died. He was 85.
Downey Jr wrote on Instagram that his father died late Tuesday in his sleep at home in New York. He had Parkinson’s disease for more than five years.
“He was a true maverick filmmaker, and remained remarkably optimistic throughout,” Downey Jr wrote. “According to my stepmom’s calculations, they were happily married for just over 2,000 years.”
Downey was a Hollywood journeyman who made a name for himself with radical, anti-establishment films, like the low-budget Madison Avenue advertising industry satire
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FILE - Actor Robert Downey Jr., left, and his father Robert Downey Sr. arrive at Time s 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala in New York on May 8, 2008. Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. He was 85. Downey Jr. wrote on Instagram that his father died late Tuesday in his sleep at home in New York. He had Parkinson’s disease for more than five years. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File) Photo: Associated Press
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. He was 85.
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