RIP Paul Newman

He will be missed.

Selena_Kitt said:

He will be missed.

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Bugger - that is the end of an era

Thanks for all the pleasure

oh, damn.

Cool Hand Luke has always been a favorite. What an incredible actor.

Well, crap.

Yeah, just saw that. Bummer.

Oh damn!

What an amazing man, a life truly well lived.

He made fidelity cool

Sub Joe said:

He made fidelity cool

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Not that hard when you are married to Joanne Woodward, but what a beautiful quote:

"I have steak at home, why go out for hamburger?" Too cool.

One of the best!

Also one hell of a race car driver in the 70's and 80's. Made his competition glad he didn't start as a youngster.

They don't make guys like him anymore.

I hate watching all the idols of my youth fade away. RIP, Paul.

A conscientious man as well. He put his money, time and effort where his mouth was with his "Newman's Own" products. From their website (my bold):

Newman's Own®, Inc., founded on a lark by Paul Newman and his buddy A.E. Hotchner in 1982, is now (to our own surprise!), a leading (and growing) premium food company that offers more than 150 varieties of delicious all-natural food and beverage products. Based in Westport, CT, the charitable mission of Newman's Own is expressed in its Company motto: "Shameless exploitation in pursuit of the Common Good." Paul Newman and the Newman's Own Foundation donate all profits and royalties after taxes for educational and charitable purposes. Paul Newman and the Newman's Own Foundation have given more than $250 million to thousands of charities worldwide.

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Most actors leave only their films and families as legacies. He left so much more. I honestly thought he was going to live forever, but I guess, in so many ways, he will. RIP Paul.

And, characteristically, he grumbled about the fact that his food company made a hell of a lot more money than he ever did acting -- while keeping the fact that the entire thing was a charitable venture completely under his hat. Where it there, today, a man of such stature?

He was one of a kind.

Very sad.
He left an incredible legacy behind.
A life well lived.

A wonderful actor with fantastic range, everything from Cool Hand Luke to Fast Eddie to Slapshot.

To me, the first ones I think of are The Sting and Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, but he did so very much good work...

And he did as much good work away from the screen as he did on it. That is far too rare.

We'll miss you, Paul.

Vaya usted con dios Paul.

Your films and charitable works are your legacy for generations to come.

I just had to call my mother and give her the bad news. I didn't want her to hear it in the news. Newman was the only celeb that she was ever gaga over. So sad.

Oh no! RIP, Paul. LG has it right - a life well lived indeed.

My God but he was gorgeous, too!

http://www.poster.net/newman-paul/newman-paul-photo-paul-newman-6206776.jpg


"I can eat fifty eggs."

"Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."

"The balls roll funny for everybody, kiddo."

I suggest an egg eating contest...


But seriously, I grew up liking Paul Newman. I thought I'd seen most stuff he'd done. But I hadn't.

Story time:

I'm in Hollywood trying to be important and this dude in our... fuckin' commune, I guess (7 dudes living there, 3 bedrooms. We all fucked each other constantly. I'm kidding about the fucking part. Anyway,) this one dude kept telling me about Cool Hand Luke. Finally he rents it one night and we all sit down to watch.

Fist thing I recognize early on is that Guns N Roses stole that fuckin' voice over from this movie! "Well, some men you jusssst caaaaaan't reach." And that it's not some old lady. The WARDEN says that line (and he's a man, supposedly). That fucked me all up inside. I was spinning.

After that it's all about this dude that refuses anything not of his own will. Something I was familiar with. Only, he questioned my own dedication to such a pursuit. He's got more guts than I do. And in the end? Does he lose because of it? Or did he win?

So I turn to my Hollywood commune-mate at the end of it and I give him that respect look. The look you can't give any other person unless you know what Cool Hand Luke was about. Unless you're a dude, and you understand Paul Newman.

(Apparently that understanding is not reserved for dudes exclusively, eh?)


After that I saw Forrest Gump and I got a much better grasp of what it takes to be a man.



In any case, next time you jump into a body of water from high above? Give Paul Newman a nod. He did it first.

XXplorher said:

Fist thing I recognize early on is that Guns N Roses stole that fuckin' voice over from this movie! "Well, some men you jusssst caaaaaan't reach." And that it's not some old lady. The WARDEN says that line (and he's a man, supposedly). That fucked me all up inside. I was spinning.

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I know there are older folks here who roll their eyes at moments like this... but I still have them, watching or reading something that's forty or fifty years old, and suddenly realizing, HEY! THEY STOLE -- er.. borrowed -- THAT! Humbling.

No one else gave a damn about my fireplace story, Kitt. Am I a bad storyteller?


In any case - preggro!! That's gotta feel damn gewd! (I'm jealous)

I totally wanna be pregnant. That would be awesome.

"You drank the live half and left me the dead half!!"

Some flick he did with, like, Robbie Benson. Classic shot though. He's on the sand, fondles a beer and literally stumps out into the water to THROW a beer can at his kid (who's out there on a surfboard).

"You drank the live half and left me the dead half for me! You fucker!"


Blah... blah... blah...




[Edit = "fondles a beer". Not a bear. Oops]