Paul Newman Passes Away At Age 83

Sad. Newman was a fine actor, though I've never been follower of his movies especially I did like Newman though for his humanitarian philosophy. He walked the walk and talked the talk, and that I can admire. My thoughts to all his family.

I remember a few months ago reports came out that he was dying of Cancer but his Reps denied it ,He obviously wanted privacy while he was sick..Im very sad about this actor, i loved him and he often played gutsy roles.

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The news of his death came on Saturday.The death of Paul Newman, the most self-effacing of actors, was announced on the day of the week when it would get the least attention from the news media. It was the day of the week when people would be out working the yard, playing with their children, enjoying a cold one with a college football game.He died, one hopes, the way he wanted to: quietly, without pity, having lived his life to the fullest.He raced cars. He gave away millions. He had honor and integrity when he was young, and he wasn't afraid of being old.No offense to his contemporaries, but can you imagine Warren Beatty in "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"? Or Robert Redford as the scamp old-timer in "Nobody's Fool"? Newman let himself be old in 1982's "The Verdict." He was in his late 50s at the time.Maybe Jack Nicholson would be willing. But he still got the (much younger) girl in "As Good as It Gets."Newman could make you salute the hero, and he could make you sympathize with bad guys. After all, "The Sting's" Henry Gondorff is a con man, pure and simple. When Robert Redford's Johnny Hooker is asked how Gondorff succeeds at cards, he doesn't hesitate in his reply: "He cheats."And you love Gondorff -- whom we first see as a drunken slob living in an amusement hall -- anyway. That's Newman.It's also Newman that makes his "Road to Perdition" character, a gangster kingpin now living the elegant life, so haunting. In Newman's eyes you can see a character who's lost his soul; in another actor's performance, he may not have had a soul at all.When I was a child, fresh from viewings of "Butch Cassidy" and "The Sting," I wanted to be Paul Newman. He was handsome, he was funny, he was charitable and adventurous and sharp. He was married to beautiful, intelligent Joanne Woodward, a woman every inch his equal. Who wouldn't want to be Paul Newman?More than three decades later, I still want to be Paul Newman. To which Paul Newman would probably say, "Bulls---. Be yourself."I'll do my best. But I'll still miss Paul Newman terribly

Paul Newman
1925-2008
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On of my favorites was "The color of Money" and he played kevin costners dad in "message in a bottle" i cried my ass off in the movie.

I'm truly saddened by this news. Newman was a humanitarian and a really fine actor & human being. His lack of ego & down to earth demeanor was really refreshing in an industry where humility and grace is in short supply. For my part, I'm gonna put "Slapshot" in the dvd player, crack a beer, and toast a really cool dude. He will be missed.