Paul Newman has died

[sueinphilly]

<p>[The</a> Associated Press: Legendary actor Paul Newman dies at age 83](<a href=“http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEOiFzC0uwlunNsBMhhe8Lk2zoswD93F3T8G0]The”>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEOiFzC0uwlunNsBMhhe8Lk2zoswD93F3T8G0)</p>

<p>rip…</p>

[DougBetsy]

<p>Great man, great actor. He will be missed.</p>

[garland]

<p>From the AP article:</p>

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In December 1994, about a month before his 70th birthday, he told Newsweek magazine he had changed little with age.
“I’m not mellower, I’m not less angry, I’m not less self-critical, I’m not less tenacious,” he said. “Maybe the best part is that your liver can’t handle those beers at noon anymore,” he said.

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<p>Not only starred in many of my favorite movies, but just a good, good man. And funny, too.</p>

[marite]

<p>A great actor and a man who did a lot of good.</p>

[notre_dame_AL]

<p>A legendary screen actor–he will be missed.</p>

[momonthehill]

<p>Very sad news. He was a great actor and philanthropist.
I had read, recently, that he was ill, but I had hoped that he would pull through.</p>

[jym626]

<p>So sad. He was an excellent actor, philanthropist and was easy on the eyeballs :)</p>

[KCOHIO]

<p>My first crush–I had his picture over my bed all through high school. May he rest in peace.</p>

[TourGuide446]

<p>The current crop of self-centered movie stars look pretty pathetic compared to him.</p>

[geezermom]

<p>I’m sad. I had a life-size black-and-white poster of him in my room in high school and college. He was a great actor. Now I want to revisit all his movies. His belief in giving back was inspiring. And he and Joanne Woodward were married so many years.</p>

[mstee]

<p>Great actor. Class act. RIP.</p>

[CMA1]

<p>Very sad. He was a wonderful man.</p>

[NJres]

<p>Just saw that and it really made me sad…</p>

<p>race car driver</p>

<p>salad dressing… (actually have a jar of his peach salsa in the fridge, but to me he will always be salad dressing)</p>

<p>and of course a wonderful actor. :(</p>

[DonnaL]

<p>I always thought Paul Newman was wonderful. On and off the screen. Also, one of the best-looking men I’ve ever seen! He kept his looks, and those piercing blue eyes, to the end.</p>

<p>He and Joanne Woodward lived for a number of years in the apartment building where I grew up, on East 67th Street in Manhattan. I used to see them in the elevator on occasion.</p>

<p>Donna</p>

[mythmom]

<p>Actually, we all look pretty pathetic compared to him.</p>

<p>He was not only a great actor, but a great director, racer (won national championships) and a great entrepreneur. His philanthropy was legendary.</p>

<p>And he tied all up in a bow of wry irony and self-deprecation.</p>

<p>His gorgeous looks became an afterthought in describing him.</p>

<p>And all around mensch.</p>

[mythmom]

<p>Donna, but an odd coincidence, I lived in the apartments he lived in with his first wife and played with his son, Scott when we were both less than 2. Never met either parent, according to my mom, because he had a nanny.</p>

[JustaMom]

<p>…sigh…</p>

[mimk6]

<p>What a man, what an actor and what a beautiful example of how to be married.</p>

[epistrophy]

<p>

“A Statement from Lung Cancer Alliance on the Death of Paul Newman”</p>

<p>All of us at Lung Cancer Alliance, our Board, our advocates and the patients, families and caregivers we represent, extend our deepest sympathy to the wife and family of Paul Newman.</p>

<p>Mr. Newman was an icon of the American stage and film, loved by audiences around the world. He and his devoted and equally talented wife, Joanne Woodward, also changed the lives of people in the United States and around the world through their many philanthropic projects.</p>

<p>Two months ago reports began to appear in the press that Mr. Newman was undergoing treatment for lung cancer. Many of those reports referred to him a “former chain smoker” with all the insinuations inherent in that label.</p>

<p>Mr. Newman was first and foremost a great man and we mourn his passing.</p>

<p>Over 215,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year, and the majority will die within 12 months. More people die from lung cancer than breast, prostate, colon, kidney, melanoma and liver cancers combined. Over half of them are former smokers many of whom quit decades ago and did not even realize that they will always be at higher risk. Another 15% have never smoked at all. Yet, the stigma and the blame associated with lung cancer, and the small number of people who survive to fight this, have made lung cancer the least funded of the major cancers in federal research dollars per death.</p>

<p>Our commitment to all who have died and to all those families that have been hurt by this deadly disease is: We will change this.</p>

<p>Lung Cancer Alliance ( [Lung</a> Cancer Alliance](<a href=“http://www.LungCancerAlliance.org%5DLung”>http://www.LungCancerAlliance.org)) is the only national non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to patient support and advocacy for those living with or at risk for lung cancer. Lung Cancer Alliance is committed to leading the movement to reverse decades of stigma and neglect by empowering those with or at risk for the disease, elevating awareness and changing health policy.

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<p>[Newman</a> Press Release 9<em>27</em>08](<a href=“http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/NewmanPressRelease9_27_08.html]Newman”>http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/NewmanPressRelease9_27_08.html)</p>

[Greta]

<p>I like this remembrance by Dahlia Lithwick in today’s edition of Slate where she talks about Paul Newman and his Hole in the Wall Gang camps for seriously ill kids. One of my young relatives had a chance to attend one of his camps and I will always love Paul Newman for that.</p>

<p>[Remembering</a> Paul Newman, the philanthropist. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/id/2201116/]Remembering”>Remembering Paul Newman, the philanthropist.)</p>