Paul Newman, 26 Jan 1925 - 26 Sept 2008
Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2008 by Travis Cody inPaul Newman - actor, philanthropist, sportsman - has died of cancer. He was 83.
Sometimes the passing of a celebrity hits me in a really soft spot. This is one of those times. Mr Newman was not just a distinguished actor. He was a famous person who used his celebrity to help others. Donations to charity from his Newman's Own food company have exceeded $220m to date. He also co-founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which is a residential summer camp in Ashford CT for seriously ill children.
He has been a lifelong benefactor to his alma mater Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio, donating $10m to endow a scholarship fund.
Mr Newman served as a rear-seat radioman and gunner in torpedo bombers, and was stationed in Hawaii in 1944. He served aboard USS Bunker Hill in 1945 during the battle for Okinawa.
Mr Newman finally won an Oscar for reprising his role as Fast Eddie Felson in The Color of Money (1986). He was also nominated for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Absence of Malice (1981), The Verdict (1982), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Road to Perdition (2002).
Some other notable films are The Long Hot Summer (1957), The Left Handed Gun (1958), Exodus (1960), Hombre (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The Sting (1983), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977), and Fort Apache the Bronx (1981).
Mr Newman married actress Joanne Woodward in 1958. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in February this year and proved that "Hollywood marriages" could be more than publicity stunts.
this truly saddens me, i love this man!
smiles, bee
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo