Paul Newman RIP

[WriterDom]

Playboy asked how he was able to be faithful to his wife for 50 years. He said why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home. Cool Hand Luke, one of my favorite movies. He'll be missed.

 

[naxalite0906]

Playboy asked how he was able to be faithful to his wife for 50 years. He said why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home. Cool Hand Luke, one of my favorite movies. He'll be missed.

Fast eddie, one of the best characters of all time. He will be missed by many people, myself included. He was a wonderful actor.

 

[Lady_Midnight]

Sad news, but a release for him I expect

 

[00Syd]

I just saw the news and am incredibly saddened by it. One of the greatest actors this country has ever seen, and also one of the most selfless.

He will be sorely missed.

 

[jockdom]

Sad news loved the sting and butch cassidy n the sundance kid. My Ma will be devestated. Raindrops keep fallin on my head,

 

[Netzach]

Not merely Hud and Luke, but someone who really made one of the smoothest philanthropy moves ever - created a genre and way of thinking with the sauce.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Newman's audiences could, for the length of the movie, believe that he was the character he played, and he seemed (on screen, at least) to be perfectly comfortable with who he was portraying. Newman's characterizations melded so seamlessly into the story that all disbelief was suspended and the viewer was completely absorbed. His mastery of his craft will be sorely missed.

 

[catalina_francisco]

There are few who could come close to filling his shoes as an actor, character, human being...hope where ever he is he is smiling that classic smile with a twinkle in his eyes.

Catalina

 

[madetotakeit]

Fortunately with his movie legacy, he can always be admired for what he was. I would have to say he was an excellent prototype for what I consider a "man." He was strong, intelligent, gave back to those who needed it, loved in the long term. He showed that it is possible to successful in life, work, and relationships. I have to mention those blue eyes that could be either steely or sparking as he needed them to. He was quality.

 

[EmpressFi]

Playboy asked how he was able to be faithful to his wife for 50 years. He said why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home. Cool Hand Luke, one of my favorite movies. He'll be missed.

He used to race cars with my cousins.

He was a great actor and from what he let others see, a good person.

 

[SweetGigi]

"The future is murky, but at least it is good to have had a past."

Well said, Paul. We will miss everything about you.

 

[DVS]

...He was quality.

Yes, he was quality, in everything he did. He was also a legend. I heard someone say he went out the same way he did everything in life, on his own terms. Another word that comes to mind is classy.

I remember one late evening in downtown Kansas City, when I was stopped at a red light. It was late...about 10 PM, and there was just one other car at the light, beside me...an old green station wagon. I glanced over at the driver. He looked familiar to me, but I couldn't place him.

The glare of the street lights and the shadows they created didn't help and he was wearing a baseball cap of some sort, too. He looked over and saw me staring and after a little while, he smiled, then burst into laughter. Then the light turned green and he drove off.

I'd seen that same smile and laugh in so many of his movies, I was sure I'd just seen Paul Newman. I'd forgotten that he and his wife were in town at the time, filming "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge". I'm sure he was driving that old car and was dressed like he was, to keep from being noticed.

More than likely, it was a crew member's car he'd just borrowed. And, when he saw me staring, I guess something in how I continued to look at him triggered his laugh. I'm sure I wasn't the only stranger to look at him that way. He really looked familiar, but you just don't see Paul Newman beside you at a red light...not in Kansas City, you don't.

Friends tell me it wasn't him, but I think it was. Anyway, I like to think it was him, no matter how many people tell me it couldn't have been. They weren't there to see that laugh and the smile. It was him, and it's a memory I'll keep forever.

My condolences go to a lovely and special person herself, his wife, Joanne.

 

[chauderlos]

Believe it or not, I met him, a few years ago. He got the privilege of visiting the gallery I was working privately, and after he met my director I had the honour to guide him through the exhibition rooms. He was kind, interested and interesting.
And I can assure you his eyes were the most perfect blue I've never seen.
I still have the autograph he gave me when he left.

 

[twysted73]

I look around and I am seeing the staple childhood stars I grew up with beginning to dissapear on e by one.

As a child I always wondered why one parent would go to the other and tell them of a music star or movie stars death.
Because it was a loss of their history.

 

[SubKekiLee]

I look around and I am seeing the staple childhood stars I grew up with beginning to dissapear on e by one.

As a child I always wondered why one parent would go to the other and tell them of a music star or movie stars death.
Because it was a loss of their history.

Yes I agree with you.. I see them disappearing 3 at a time and it is people we grew up with.. wow is this a sign im getting old..