Actor and filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. has died at the age of 85, according to his son, Robert Downey Jr. The “Iron Man” star announced on social media Wednesday that his father passed away peacefully ...

Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York ...

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 ...

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