September 27, 2008
Paul Newman (1925-2008)
WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died. He was 83.Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.
more from the NY Times here.
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Thank you Paul Newman for setting a high example, in all that you did, for others to aspire to: Actor, humanitarian, businessman and race car driver and father and husband. Your actions in your life help divert attention from the cesspool which is most of Hollywood and which you sought to distance yourself from. Three of your films that were my favorites were "Absence of Malice", "The Hustler" and "The Sting", not necessarily in that order. I take great pride in the fact that I am from that same great city of Cleveland, Ohio too. My deepest sympathies to your great actress wife and family.
Everyone should note that Paul Newman's tragic death is just another failure, of the roughly half million others this year, of the cancer generals in Washington and the war on cancer. Paul Newman was a true American Hero to all.
Winfield J. Abbe
Athens, Georgia
Posted by: Winfield J. Abbe | Sep 27, 2008 2:14:09 PM
My favorite films were Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Brando and Newman were both American heroes.
RIP.
Posted by: CriticalMassI | Sep 27, 2008 4:25:41 PM
Hud. I saw Hud--and Paul Newman playing Hud Bannon at the age of twelve. I think I still have a crush on Hud Bannon--
Posted by: maniza | Sep 27, 2008 5:39:01 PM
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