Farewell to Hollywood movie legend.HOLLYWOOD legend Paul Newman Noun 1. Paul Newman - United States film actor (born in 1925) Newman, Paul Leonard Newman has been described as one of the greatest actors of all time and a true humanitarian in tributes paid from both sides of the Atlantic after his death. The blue-eyed star of films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had been suffering from cancer and died aged 83 at his farmhouse near Westport, Connecticut, on Friday surrounded by family and friends. Newman was a motor sport enthusiast and philanthropist who set up summer camps for terminally ill Terminally Ill When a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. Notes: Any gifts given out by the afflicted person at this time may be considered as a dispersion of the estate rather than a gift. children. Newman was nominated for an Oscar 10 times, winning the best actor trophy in 1987 for The Colour Of Money. Newman appeared in some 60 movies. Robert Redford, who starred alongside Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, said: "I have lost a real friend. My life - and this country - is better for his being in it." British actor Daniel Craig, who appeared alongside Newman in Road to Perdition, said: ""I think an era just ended." CAPTION(S): Paul Newman, main picture, with wife Joanne Woodward in the film "From the Terrace From the Terrace is a 1960 motion picture directed by Mark Robson and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Barbara Eden, Ina Balin, Leon Ames. The screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman based on the 1958 novel by John O'Hara that tells the story of a ." Insets: scenes from his other film greats |
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