Very sad… I saw him several times in the pits at Indy car races. One of the last “great” generation of actors… Also seemed like a genuine, nice guy. Married to Joanne Woodward for 50 years… How often to you hear about that type of relationship in Hollywood?
Paul Newman in “The Verdict.” No better acting, ever.
Sad news to wake up to. One of my all-time favorite actors. “Cool Hand Luke” - the best!
Susan
Sad. He hadn’t looked well.
My daughter, on a brief foray from college yesterday, was flipping through channels and alighted on, of all things, The Torn Curtain with Newman and Julie Andrews. Not the most exciting movie ever to the kid I was when I first saw that film, but now I couldn’t help but think–wow…what a good looking guy.
One of the best at acting and racing. He will be missed in both.
Great man and actor, he will be missed. He was one of the great people who cared about and donated a lot of money to charities. There aren’t many out there like him.
Over $200 million given to charity. “I didn’t turn in my citizenship card when I got my screen actor’s card,” he once said. Class act all the way.
Susan
End of an Era..
One of the great’s.
An Iconic dude of our time…
The late, great Johnny Cash once said..
“…and how will I rember those blue eyes…”
Up to us…
Slan,
D.
Definitely a class act. It was wonderful to see someone use his celebrity status to do so much good for others.
I had a very brief brush with Paul Newman. Our family was at the famed Sardi’s in NY and I went to the men’s room. As I came out, I held the door for the man coming in who was Paul Newman. Really. Even without the stage makeup, lights, etc, there was something magnetic about him.
Paul Newman was truly a “star” in the best sense of the word.
I heard about him this morning. He was a wonderful person – great actor and also, as Susan pointed out, incredibly generous. It’s hard to pick a favorite movie of his. Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, the Young Philadelphians, Butch Cassidy, The Sting. . .
In 1963 I walked from Berkeley to Sacramento with 100
people to help force the Fair Housing Bill out of
committee. It was stuck in that committee by racists.
We sat in in the rotunda of the State capitol for a month.
There was national focus on the situation and the
march was part of the effort to keep it in the
public’s eye.
As we finally walked into Sacramento and arrived
at the capitol building, Paul Newman and Marlin
Brando were waiting to greet us. I shook Brando’s
hand and said: ‘Thank you. You’ve helped us very much.’
Brando said: ‘Thank you. You’ve helped me very much.’
Newman shook hands with us, leaning back and smiling.
‘Hi’ he said. ‘I’m Paul Newman.’
There were two pre-hippy girls with us, in leather sandals.
They were hip and smart and feminists. As Newman
greeted us, one cried out to the other:
"I can’t help it. He’s BEAUTIFUL!’
He was the best guy. i’m so sorry he’s gone.
Yes, the performance in The Verdict was truly great.
One never knew, as he started a sentence in that courtroom,
if he would be able to finish it.
He really was “A natural born world shaker”.
Thanks Mr Newman for your films, your charity work,and in particular the Barretstown project and your sauces.
I’ll always remember the cool hand Luke smile,and the man who could eat fifty eggs.
RORY
Tis sad indeed. In addition to the above accolades, he also remained for a long time. A true feat in the lore of Hollywood.
Yes, very good but: Jack Nicholson. “A Few Good Men”. The best ever IMHO. Of course I’m not post structural.
I had never heard of him until he died. He was really hot in his younger days. I can see why people liked him.
I have always been impressed with his acting, generosity and especially by his refusal to play the “Hollywood” game… humbleness to the “nth” degree. A great loss to us all.