Paul Newman says he will die at home

Melbourne Herald Sun (Australia) ^ | August 9, 2008

[DeaconRed]

Lukie:
I see that Lukie Grin.
Git yore mind right Luke.
You were great.

All I care about was he was an American. I will pretend he was a conservative.

[OldEagle]

I agree! Hombre was the one.

[9YearLurker]

Oh, I know you didn’t—my apologies if the combination of my post made it sound as if you had.

[Lijahsbubbe]

It will be sad to lose him. He’s one of the few old actors left who’s life we didn’t know every intimate detail about.

[SeaHawkFan]

It will be sad to lose him. He’s one of the few old actors left who’s life we didn’t know every intimate detail about.

If I was married to Joanne Woodward, I'd be too busy for anyone to know about our life together.

[I Drive Too Fast]

Loved that movie.

[antiRepublicrat]

They have a kid for the salad business, but who’s taking his part of Newman/Haas racing?

[Lijahsbubbe]

Do you think she’s attractive? I never did get that union, physically speaking.

I always found her mannish. Certainly not ugly, but just not very pretty.

But they certainly seem to be soul partners, made for one another.

[spectre]

Paul Newman quote:

Twenty-five years ago I couldn't walk down the street without being recognized. Now I can put a cap on, walk anywhere and no one pays me any attention. They don't ask me about my movies and they don't ask me about my salad dressing because they don't know who I am. Am I happy about this? You bet."

Newman wasn't conceited or stuck on himself. I love that.

sw

[HungarianGypsy]

Ironically, there was a great sale on his spaghetti sauce at Wal-Mart today. $1.74

[HungarianGypsy]

Ironically, there was a great sale on his spaghetti sauce at Wal-Mart today. $1.74

[I Drive Too Fast]

Back in the ‘70s my cousin owned a diner (either in La Verne or San Dimas - southern Cal) and several hollywood celebrities would stop in there for lunch. Paul Newman was one of them. She said the guy that played the Red Rider in westerns came in there also.

[jnsun]

I could go on and on......

Do you know if Paul Newman played in a movie "WUSA", a political allegory, with Tony Perkins? I cannot find this movie anywhere "neflix" etc.

RIP Paul N., a class act.

[LS]

We all gotta go. He’s a great actor, was a WW II vet, and while I have not agreed with his politics, our world has been a better place for him having been in it.

[LS]

Paul Newman enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Jan 22, 1943, having attended college at Ohio U., in Athens. Sent to the Navy's V-12 program to become a pilot, they found he was color blind. So he was made into a radioman, where he qualified as a radioman/gunner in the TBM "Avenger" torpedo bomber, and was sent to the Pacific. While there, his pilot took ill, and Newman was grounded while his squadron suffered heavy losses during a kamikaze attack on his carrier. Operating off the Hollandia, Newman was about 500 miles from the explosion at Hiroshima, then was discharged the following January. He received the American Area Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He attended acting school at Kenyon College on the G.I. Bill.

[EDINVA]

“our world has been a better place for him having been in it.” Amen to that!

[Crawdad]

A great man who knew how to keep his pecker in his pants. Not too many of those around anymore. (men, not peckers or pants) Godspeed.

[Judith Anne]

Thanks, LS. My husband died of cancer, and dying at home, in peace, was his choice, too. Much the best way, if possible.

[eyedigress]

First DVD I ever purchased was Cool Hand Luke. Godspeed Mr. Newman

[wagglebee]

Newman and Woodward had the good sense to avoid living in Hollywood.