| Location | Hollywood |
| Age | 83 years |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Date of Birth | 26/01/1925 |
| Date of Death | 27/09/2008 |
| Visitors | 4,865 since 27/09/2008 |
| Creator |
Screen legend Paul Leonard Newman has died from cancer, aged 83. He was born on 26 Jan 1925 in the
Shaker Heights suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. With his piercing blue eyes and laid back style, Paul
Newman became one of the most recognised leading men in Hollywood.
His father, Arthur, who ran a successful sports goods store, was Jewish while his mother Theresa
came from a Slovakian Catholic family. His mother encouraged his early interest in things theatrical
and he made his stage debut at the age of seven, in a school production of Robin Hood.
After graduating from high school he began an economics degree at Ohio University but the war cut
short his studies.
He joined the US Navy, hoping to become a pilot but failed the physical examination when it was
discovered he was colour blind.
Instead he trained as a radio operator and rear gunner, spending most of his military service flying
in torpedo bombers over the Pacific. He completed his economics degree after the war and then went
on to study acting, first at Yale and then at the Actors' Studio in New York, where his
contemporaries included Marlon Brando and James Dean.
He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in a production of William Inge's play Picnic which ran for
nearly 500 performances.
His film debut, a year later, came in The Silver Chalice, a biblical epic, which Newman allegedly
described as "the worst motion picture of the 1950s".
When the film was shown on US TV a decade later, he took out an advertisement in Variety,
apologising for his performance, thereby ensuring huge ratings for the broadcast.
By the late 1950s Newman had become a top box office draw smouldering alongside Elizabeth Taylor in
the 1958 film, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
In 1961 he won widespread acclaim, and a BAFTA, as "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler, a role he
would reprise in the Color of Money 25 years later. Other 60s films included Hud, Hombre & Cool Hand
Luke.
In 1969 he teamed up with Robert Redford for the western, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, which
became one of the biggest grossing films of all time. He also starred in The Towering Inferno, Slap
Shot & The Bronx.
After six Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, Newman finally got hold of an Oscar for the 1986
film Color of Money where he appeared alongside Tom Cruise. He produced and directed his wife,
Joanne Woodward, in several of his own films, including the Oscar-nominated Rachel, Rachel.
In his later years, Newman turned down many film offers preferring to concentrate on his sports team
and business interests.
In 1982, appreciative dinner guests persuaded the actor to bottle his own brand of salad dressing
for mass-production. By 2006, his Newman's Own range of pasta sauces, lemonade and popcorn, had
raised more than $200 million for good causes.
These included a residential summer camp for sick children and the Scott Newman drug rehabilitation
centre, in memory of the son from his first marriage who died in 1978 after an accidental drug
overdose.
In 2007 he announced officially that he was retiring from acting, believing that he was no longer
able to perform at the level he wanted.
Following the end of his first marriage to Jackie Witte, he married the actress Joanne Woodward in
1958. It was one of the most enduring relationships in Hollywood and the couple jealously guarded
their privacy.
A Hollywood Great
I was a big fan of Paul Newman & followed his rise to fame on the golden screen.He was a brilliant actor & I admire all the charity work he did.....Sadly missed but always up there on the screen for us to see.....
I said a prayer for you today
And know God must have heard.
I felt the answer in my heart
Although He spoke no word!
I asked for happiness for you
In all things great and small.
But it was for His loving care
I prayed the most of all!
Happy Birthday......
... for tomorrow, (just in case I don't get on the site. You would have been 84, have a great day, but don't forget the ones who miss you most.
I think of Joanne, she who was by your side for so long. Truly a marriage made in heaven.
God bless Paul.xxxxxx Kathleen
*♥* MERRY CHRISTMAS ANGEL IN HEAVEN *♥*
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A special man
Its very easy to hype up someone when they pass on but Paul Newman deserves the best of tributes. Not only was he a great actor but a good and humble human being, who recognised that there are a lot of people in the world who were not as fortunate as him and as he knew this he shared his good fortune in the way of charitable causes. He was a true gentleman and I have always said it and will continue to they do not make people like Mr Newman anymore. May you rest in peace, I will miss you!
Lisa Dransfield xx
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You still live on in the hearts and minds,
Of the loving family you left behind.
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A garden of beautiful memories,
Sprayed with a million tears.
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Beautiful memories are treasured forever,
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Loved with a love beyond all feeling,
Missed with a grief beyond all tears.
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My garden
As i wandered lonley as a cloud
On a bright summers day
A rainbow formed before me
As i strolled gently on my way
The steps had many colours
The stairway was made for me
As i walked to pastures new
I knew that my family could see
They watched me walk to heaven
And they waved me as i walked
They smiled, for this was my garden
And somewhere we could sit and talk
They have comfort knowing im here
And that i am resting in this place
I love them, they love me
And i can see it in their face.
Copyright© Sharon Wheeler.
REMEMBER ME
Remember
REMEMBER ME
Remember me whenever you see a sunrise,
Remember me whenever you see a star,
Remember me whenever you see a rainbow
Or woods in autumn colors from afar.
Remember me whenever you see the roses
Or seagulls sailing high in a sky of blue.
Remember me whenever you see waves
Shining in the sun. And remember,
I'll be remembering you!
Remember me whenever you see a teardrop,
Or meadows still wet with the morning dew.
Remember me whenever you feel love
Growing in your heart.
And remember, I'll be remembering you
love sharon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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