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Paul Newman, a Magnetic Titan of Hollywood, Is Dead at 83 COMMENTS (937) SIGN IN TO E-MAIL OR SAVE THIS PRINT SINGLE PAGE SHARE By ALJEAN HARMETZ Published: September 27, 2008 Paul Newman, one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars, died Friday at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 83. Enlarge This Image Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Paul Newman in 2006. More Photos » Multimedia Audio Slide Show A Late, Great Movie Star Slide Show Paul Newman in Pictures Related An Appraisal: An Actor Whose Baby Blues Came in Shades of Gray (September 28, 2008) Newman Remembered as a Good Neighbor and a Good Friend (September 28, 2008) Filmography Times Topics: Paul Newman Enlarge This Image Warner Brothers/Seven Arts In the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke,” a pivotal scene captured Paul Newman’s charm. More Photos > Readers’ Comments Readers shared their thoughts on this article. Read All Comments (937) » The cause was cancer, said Jeff Sanderson of Chasen & Company, Mr. Newman’s publicists.
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman’s Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations had exceeded US$220 million. On September 26, 2008, Newman died at his longtime home in Westport, Connecticut, of complications arising from lung cancer.
From NewYorkTimes.com: Paul Newman, a Magnetic Titan of Hollywood, Is Dead at 83 Paul Newman, one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars, died Friday at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 83. The cause was cancer, said Jeff Sanderson of Chasen & Company, Mr. Newman’s publicists. If Marlon Brando and James Dean defined the defiant American male as a sullen rebel, Paul Newman recreated him as a likable renegade, a strikingly handsome figure of animal high spirits and blue-eyed candor whose magnetism was almost impossible to resist, whether the character was Hud, Cool Hand Luke or Butch Cassidy. He acted in more than 65 movies over more than 50 years, drawing on a physical grace, unassuming intelligence and good humor that made it all seem effortless. Yet he was also an ambitious, intellectual actor and a passionate student of his craft, and he achieved what most of his peers find impossible: remaining a major star into a cra
