R.I.P. Paul Newman

crazyflamingos · #1 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 10:08 AM

I seldom tear up when I hear of the death of a celebrity. But this guy has a special spot in my heart. R.I.P. Cool-hand Luke.

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Legendary actor Paul Newman dies at age 83

Sep 27, 9:58 AM (ET)

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (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."

iWon News - Legendary actor Paul Newman dies at age 83

Mikeyy · #2 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 12:14 PM

He was one of my favorites. That makes me feel real old. And sad.

Spencer Collins · #3 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 12:49 PM

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Thank you, Paul Newman.

Thank you for loving Joanne Woodward as you did, not just because lifelong love is a treasure unto itself, but because the example of your relationship was a charm against cynicism about the frivolity of Hollywood love. You two were also awfully darn cute.

Thank you for thoroughly enjoying your presence on Nixon's enemies list—pretty sure that's in the highest traditions of the American spirit.

Thank you for the condiments, and the supermarket glee we all got out of "Paul Newman! He has salad dressing! Can you believe it! What? And now he's sellin' microwave popcorn, too? Will wonders never cease..." The sauce was delicious, and the mission of the charity receiving the brand's revenues was heroic. (Psst...readers. Want to bypass the grocery store and go straight to the source? Hit up Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang charity online.)

And the movies...thank you, Paul Newman, for the movies.

Thank you for being the desert miscreant of Hud—that movie was Larry McMurtry's big entrée into Westerns, and we can't help but think that Heath Ledger was doing a little bit of Hud when he made Brokeback Mountain.

Thank you for Cool Hand Luke, because we all love muttering, "What we've got here is failure to communicate" (even if it wasn't even your line), and because by god, you were cool and somehow you made the rest of us feel cool, too. Also, nice abs, dude. No shame in memorializing them here, because it seems like you just arrived in this world looking that beautiful, and yet you were still not the least bit vain.

Thank you for Somebody Up There Likes Me, for Butch and Sundance, and The Hustler and The Sting, Young Philadelphians and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Thank you.

Thank you for burning your tuxedo on your 75th birthday. We all missed seeing you at the flashy Hollywood ceremonies, but we surely salute the independence.

Thank you for sharing yourself with us for over 50 years. Five would have been an honor. Fifty is a treasure we could not measure if we tried.

Thank you for working into the last year of your life, because you had so much to offer.

Thank you for those blue eyes, and sharing them with us, and for never once losing your sense of humor about the whole thing. Did you really once say that your epitaph would be, "Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown"?

Not a chance, cowboy.

Thank you for being a great man, a great movie star and a great American. You did us all so very proud.

Paul Newman: An Appreciation - E! Online

Thank You!

saltwn · #4 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 06:33 PM

I haven't done a double take very often gawking at a good looking sumbith, but I can't pass a T.V. set with the picture of this guy and not sit down or stand there for a few moments and just watch him.

One of my favorite movies of all time is The Long Hot Summer

I think the latest thing I saw with Newman was Twilight, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

I remember in an interview, he was asked to describe his wife in one word.
He said "Voluptuary."
What style. What a love affair.
And yes, my favorite film with him will always be Cool Hand Luke!

saltwn · #5 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 07:30 PM

Here's a link to a copy of his obit

Mikeyy · #6 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 08:57 PM

YouTube - Plastic Jesus Cool Hand Luke

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