A spokeswoman for screen legend Paul Newman says the actor has died at age 83.
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dithersPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:09 am
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A spokeswoman for screen legend Paul Newman says the actor has died at age 83.
Spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic says Newman died Friday of cancer. No other details were immediately available.
Newman was nominated for Academy Awards 10 times, winning a regular Oscar in 1987 for "The Color of Money" and two honorary ones. He was equally at home in comedies such as "The Sting" and dramas such as "Hud."
He sometimes teamed with his wife, Joanne Woodward, also an Oscar winner for the 1957 film "Three Faces of Eve."
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Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:14 am
Legendary actor Paul Newman dies at age 83
Legendary actor Paul Newman dies at age 83
Published - Sep 27 2008 09:58AM EDT | AP
A spokeswoman for screen legend Paul Newman says the actor has died at age 83.
Spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic says Newman died Friday of cancer. No other details were immediately available.
Newman was nominated for Academy Awards 10 times, winning a regular Oscar in 1987 for "The Color of Money" and two honorary ones. He was equally at home in comedies such as "The Sting" and dramas such as "Hud."
He sometimes teamed with his wife, Joanne Woodward, also an Oscar winner for the 1957 film "Three Faces of Eve."
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gwenPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:27 am
RIP, Paul Newman - a real class act!
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gwenPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:29 am
ET confirms that Hollywood screen legend and noted philanthropist Paul Newman died Friday after a bout with cancer. The iconic star was 83.
A giant in the film industry -- as well as the food industry with his Newman's Own charitable brand -- the Oscar winner redefined the matinee idol with his rebellious, confident characters in such '60s film classics as 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'The Hustler' and mid-career in films like 'The Sting' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' opposite good friend Robert Redford.
The handsome, piercing blue-eyed Newman was initially compared to the likes of Marlon Brando and James Dean, but quickly came into his own with stellar performances in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' 'Hud' and 'The Long, Hot Summer,' where he met his second wife Joanne Woodward.
But it was his off-screen persona that truly defined Paul Newman. An avid car racer with a modest, self-deprecating personality, Newman was a political activist and an equally avid humanitarian. His dalliance with home-made salad dressing turned into a multi-million-dollar food empire that enabled him to donate more than $250 million to various charities since 1982. Additionally, his network of international Hole in the Wall Gang Camps continues to give kids with cancer and other serious illnesses a summer filled with joyous memories -- all for free.
Despite his super stardom, Newman managed to stay private and elusive in his Connecticut home away from Hollywood, and remained married to Woodward for 50 years. Their union brought about three daughters and a son, who died from an accidental drug overdose in 1978. Newman later turned that tragedy into a positive force with the creation of the Scott Newman Foundation for drug abuse prevention and education.
The Cleveland-born star earned his first Best Actor Academy Award nomination in 1958 for 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and received an honorary Oscar in 1985. But it wasn't until 1986, when he reprised his Fast Eddie Felson character from 'The Hustler' in Martin Scorsese's 'The Color of Money,' that he earned his first Best Supporting Actor statuette. In total, Newman was nominated nine times.
In his later years, the graying star made such memorable films as 'Absence of Malice,' 'The Towering Inferno,' 'Fort Apache the Bronx,' 'The Verdict,' 'The Hudsucker Proxy,' 'Road to Perdition' and Pixar's 'Cars' as the voice of Doc Hudson. In 2007 he retired from acting, but with a career that spanned five decades, his impact continues to be felt by generations young and old.
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SavannahStarPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:31 am
Paul Newman dies at 83
Story Highlights
NEW: 'His legacy lives on,' charity official says of Oscar-winning actor
Films include "Exodus," "The Hustler," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
Newman also known for side interests such as racing, liberal causes
Actor co-founded Newman's Own food company, with all proceeds going to charity
(CNN) -- Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83.
He died Friday, according to spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic.
Newman attained stardom in the 1950s and never lost the movie-star aura, appearing in such classic films as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Exodus," "The Hustler," "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "The Verdict."
He finally won an Oscar in 1986 -- on his eighth try -- for "The Color of Money," a sequel to "The Hustler." He later received two more Oscar nominations. Among his other awards was the Motion Picture Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Watch a look back at Newman's career »
"Paul took advantage of what life offered him, and while personally reluctant to acknowledge that he was doing anything special, he forever changed the lives of many with his generosity, humor, and humanness," said Robert Forrester, vice chairman of the actor's Newman's Own Foundation. "His legacy lives on in the charities he supported and the Hole in the Wall Camps, for which he cared so much."
Newman was a Method-trained actor who blazed his own career trail and didn't shy away from risky roles -- inside and outside films.
A portrayal as a race-car driver in 1969's "Winning" led to his actual competition in races; at 70, he participated in the 24 Hours of Daytona and he was still racing at age 80.
He stumped for liberal causes, including Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential candidacy, and earned a spot on Richard Nixon's enemies list -- "the highest single honor I've ever received," he said.
In 1982, Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner founded Newman's Own, a food company that produced food ranging from pasta sauces to salad dressing to chocolate chip cookies.
"The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films," Newman once wryly noted.
To date, the company -- which donates all profits to charities such as Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang camps -- has given away more than $200 million. Newman established the camp to benefit gravely ill children.
"He saw the camps as places where kids could escape the fear, pain and isolation of their conditions, kick back and raise a little hell," Forrester said.
Today, there are 11 Hole in the Wall Gang camps around the world, with additional programs in Africa and Vietnam. Some 135,000 children have attended the camps -- free of charge.
The Association of Hole in the Wall Camps "is part of his living legacy, and for that we remain forever grateful," the association said in a statement.
"We are greatly saddened by his passing. His leadership and spirit can never be replaced. But he has left us strong and confident."
Newman was half of one of the most successful showbiz marriages -- to Joanne Woodward, whom he married in 1958. He observed that just because he was a sex symbol there was no reason to commit adultery.
"Why would I go out for a hamburger when [I] have steak at home?" he asked.
CNN's Larry King, who interviewed Newman through the years, said he greatly admired the actor.
"He lived a long and terrific life," King said Saturday morning. "He was much appreciated. Did some theater, graduated Yale. Long marriage to Joanne Woodward. One of those showbiz rarities."
Paul Leonard Newman was born on January 26, 1925, in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. His father owned a successful sporting goods store, but young Paul was taken with his mother's and uncle's interest in the arts and started acting while still in grade school.
"I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store," he said later.
After being kicked out of Ohio University for unruly behavior, he joined the Navy and served for three years during World War II. After the war he attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where his unruly ways led him to theater.
Newman continued studying acting at Yale and at New York's Actors' Studio, earning jobs in the growing medium of television.
He made his Broadway debut in William Inge's 1953 play "Picnic," opposite Kim Stanley, one of the most successful stage actresses of her time. The next year he made his first Hollywood film, "The Silver Chalice," a bomb that he mocked for the rest of his life. He even took out a newspaper ad apologizing for his performance.
But success as boxer Rocky Graziano in "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (1956) made him a star, and more hits followed: "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958) opposite his soon-to-be wife, Woodward; "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) with Elizabeth Taylor; and "The Young Philadelphians" (1959).
But the 1960s were to be Newman's decade, a perfect match for his ironic, anti-establishment attitude. iReport.com: What do you remember best about Paul Newman?
He began the decade with "Exodus" (1960), an epic about Israel's founding directed by Otto Preminger, and succeeded it with "The Hustler" (1961) as pool shark Fast Eddie Felson; "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962), another Tennessee Williams work; and "Hud" (1963), "Harper" (1966) and "Hombre" (1967), continuing a good-luck streak of films beginning with "H."
After "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), in which he played the egg-eating malcontented title character, he turned to directing, earning raves for his behind-the-camera work on "Rachel, Rachel" (1968), starring his wife.
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) and "The Sting" (1973) teamed Newman with co-star Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill. The trio proved to be box-office gold: They were two of the highest-grossing films of their time, winning a slew of awards -- including a best picture Oscar for the latter, a tale of con men in 1930s Chicago.
Newman finally teamed up with Steve McQueen, who had been scheduled to be his co-star in "Butch Cassidy," in 1974's "The Towering Inferno." Though the Irwin Allen-produced disaster film earned mixed critical notices, it, too, was one of the most successful box-office films of the era.
Newman's career started faltering in the late '70s as he turned his attention to his other pursuits, notably racing. The loss of his son Scott to a drug overdose in 1978 hit the actor hard.
He made an artistic comeback with 1982's "The Verdict," the story of an ambulance-chasing hard-luck lawyer in which Newman appeared broken, raspy and every inch of his 58 years.
By the time Newman starred in "The Color of Money," directed by Martin Scorsese, his movie career had slipped a notch. Never afraid of playing his age, Newman portrayed a repressed businessman in 1990's "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge," a cantankerous lodger in "Nobody's Fool" (1994), a fatherly, retired gangster in "Road to Perdition" (2002), and the voice of a Hudson Hornet in "Cars" (2006).
He gained some of his best reviews for his performance as the stage manager in a Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's classic play, "Our Town," filmed for television in 2003, and was perfectly cast as the rascally father to Ed Harris' responsible diner owner in the miniseries "Empire Falls."
In recent years, Newman talked about doing another film with his friend Redford, but the two couldn't settle on a script. In 2007, Newman said he was retiring from acting, saying he'd lost confidence in his abilities. Still, he marveled at his own resilience.
"You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career."
Newman, who was married to Jackie Witt from 1949 to 1957, is survived by his wife, Joanne Woodward, and five children.
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paxPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:44 pm
Great actor. Great man. Rest in peace.
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ACPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:02 pm
Edward posted this on BFN:
Below is a statement from Paul Newman's daughters regarding the family's loss:
Paul Newman played many unforgettable roles. But the ones for which he was proudest never had top billing on the marquee.
Devoted husband.
Loving father.
Adoring grandfather.
Dedicated philanthropist.
Our father was a rare symbol of selfless humility, the last to acknowledge what he was doing was special. Intensely private, he quietly succeeded beyond measure in impacting the lives of so many with his generosity.
Always and to the end, Dad was incredibly grateful for his good fortune. In his own words: Its been a privilege to be here.
He will be profoundly missed by those whose lives he touched, but he leaves us with extraordinary inspiration to draw upon.
During this difficult time, we ask for privacy for our family.
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gwenPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:12 pm
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dithersPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:52 pm
He was still pretty darned good looking considering his age.
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SavannahStarPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:25 pm
dithers wrote:
He was still pretty darned good looking considering his age.
Hell yes!
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SavannahStarPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:25 pm
AC wrote:
Edward posted this on BFN:
Below is a statement from Paul Newman's daughters regarding the family's loss:
Paul Newman played many unforgettable roles. But the ones for which he was proudest never had top billing on the marquee.
Devoted husband.
Loving father.
Adoring grandfather.
Dedicated philanthropist.
Our father was a rare symbol of selfless humility, the last to acknowledge what he was doing was special. Intensely private, he quietly succeeded beyond measure in impacting the lives of so many with his generosity.
Always and to the end, Dad was incredibly grateful for his good fortune. In his own words: Its been a privilege to be here.
He will be profoundly missed by those whose lives he touched, but he leaves us with extraordinary inspiration to draw upon.
During this difficult time, we ask for privacy for our family.
OMG what a beautiful statement.
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gwenPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:16 pm
EVERLASTING LOVE
Newman and Woodward never seemed to falter in their appreciation for one another, and became a symbol of lasting love in Hollywood, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in February. "Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades," Woodward has said, "but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat!"
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SchmertyPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:32 pm
You & your lovely wife gave us so much. Thank God for your Life, your Interests & your Love. We will miss you dear Paul.
Rest In Peace!
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gwenPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:53 pm
Beautiful eyes!! I saw Paul at a race at Road Atlanta years ago. I was about 6 feet away from him and his eyes were just gorgeous!
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olympicPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:35 pm
i guess all the innuendo of him being well, and not being well reported in the past few months had to be true to some extent...
r.i.p. mr. newman!
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SavannahStarPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:48 pm
gwen wrote:
Beautiful eyes!! I saw Paul at a race at Road Atlanta years ago. I was about 6 feet away from him and his eyes were just gorgeous!
Oh my gosh Gwen, you saw him! How cool is that!
That is a FABULOUS photo of him. Yes, those eyes.....those eyes.
There will NEVER be another Paul Newman. He is one of a kind!
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SavannahStarPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:28 pm
FYI, Larry King special tonight at 9 Eastern, about Paul Newman.
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olympicPosted:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:45 pm
Robert Redford mourns loss of 'real friend' Newman
In in this 1969 file photo, actors Robert Redford, left, as the Sundance Kid
Robert Redford mourned the death of Paul Newman describing his former co-star as "a real friend" whose life had left the world a better place, in comments reported Saturday.
Redford, 72, who starred alongside Newman in beloved Hollywood classics "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting", told Entertainment Tonight: "There is a point where feelings go beyond words."
"I have lost a real friend," he added. "My life -- and this country -- is better for his being in it."
Newman, who died on Friday aged 83, first starred alongside Redford in the 1969 "Butch Cassidy", the much-loved Western about two outlaws on the run.
While Newman was already established as a Hollywood star, the film is widely regarded as being the movie that catapulted Redford to the big time.
The movie also marked the beginning of an off-screen friendship spanning some five decades. The two men reunited for the Oscar-winning 1973 film "The Sting" where they played two con-men planning to avenge a friend's death.
"Certain friendships are too good and too strong to talk about," Redford once said of Newman.
The two men had hoped to make one last movie together, an adaptation of Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" but were forced to scrap the plans because of Newman's advanced years.
"I got the rights to the movie four years ago, and we couldn't decide if we were too old to do it. Then we decided, 'Let's go for it," Redford said in a 2007 interview. "But time passed, and Paul's been getting old fast. I think things deteriorated for him. Finally, two months ago he called and said, 'I gotta retire.' The picture was written and everything. It breaks my heart
Actors Paul Newman (L) and Robert Redford attend the Sundance Institute 25th Anniversary celebration in 2006. Redford mourned the death of Newman, describing his former co-star as "a real friend" whose life had left the world a better place, in comments reported Saturday.
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olympicPosted:
Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:22 pm
Broadway to dim its lights for Paul Newman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Broadway theaters will dim their lights on Friday to honor the late Paul Newman, who first set foot on a Broadway stage in 1953.
The legendary film star, whose brilliant blue eyes, good looks, cool style and talent made him one of Hollywood's top actors over six decades, died of cancer last week at age 83.
The Broadway League said the marquees of the New York theaters that line the streets fanning off Broadway and Times Square would be dimmed for one minute at 8 p.m.(midnight GMT) on Friday.
Best known for films like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," Newman was also an accomplished stage actor who trod the boards on Broadway many times over the years.
He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in the original New York production of William Inge's "Picnic," in which he met and fell in love with his future wife, Joanne Woodward, the League said. In 2003 he was nominated for a Tony award for his role in the Broadway production of "Our Town."
"The Broadway community mourns the loss of Paul Newman, the universally admired stage and screen actor, director, and philanthropist," the League said in a statement.
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Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:32 pm
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