What caused the accidental death of Scott Neman, son of Paul Newman?
Paul Newman’s hidden heartache: How the Hollywood giant never got over his only son’s drugs overdose death By 1978 Scott was living the life of a hobo, sometimes sleeping on the floors of friends’ apartments and even earning a living doing casual labour. That autumn he had a bad motorcycle accident, in which he injured a shoulder and ribs. On Sunday, November 19, he went to a friend’s house to watch television. While there, he drank heavily and took Valium. A typically depressive and resentful phone call to one of his psychologist minders saw Scott being escorted back to the hotel room which was now his home. He apparently took more drugs there before going to bed. An hour later the watching minder became concerned by Scott’s irregular breathing and called an ambulance. It was too late. Scott was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. He was 28 years old. Officially, his death was accidental. But in a controversial unauthorised biography of the actor, film historian Lawrence Quirk cla
