Robert Downey Sr, father of superstar Robert Downey Jr, dead at 85

Robert Downey Sr. (right), the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr. (left), has died. He was 85. – 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.