New York Daily News AP Actor Robert Downey Jr., left, and his father Robert Downey Sr. arrive at Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala in 2008 in New York.
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. NEW YORK — 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 City, his wife told the Daily News. Downey, who turned 85 last month and had been battling Parkinson’s disease, also appeared in the movies “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “To Live And Die in L.A.”