"That old fat man, look at the way he moves; like a dancer" 
Funny, I read something today about who among actors was a 'good person', the same good person in any situation.
Paul Newman was prominent on the list, so attested to by those who had him as a neighbor. No airs, just a guy to talk with, joke with.
Came across that way as a guest on Letterman too.
Smoked like a chimney though.
Funny, I read something today about who among actors was a 'good person', the same good person in any situation.
Paul Newman was prominent on the list, so attested to by those who had him as a neighbor. No airs, just a guy to talk with, joke with.
Came across that way as a guest on Letterman too.
Smoked like a chimney though.
Quote:Smoking was not thought of as being dangerous in the 1950s and 1960s and many television shows and movies showed characters smoking.
Newman reportedly stopped smoking many years before his death, but the threat of cancer remained.
He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.[2] As of January 2017, these donations have totaled over US$485 million.[3] He was a co-founder of Safe Water Network, a nonprofit that develops sustainable drinking water solutions for those in need.[4]
In 1988, Newman founded the SeriousFun Children's Network, a global family of summer camps and programs for children with serious illness which has served 290,076 children since its inception.
Political activism[edit
Newman was a lifelong Democrat. For his support of Eugene McCarthy in 1968 (and effective use of television commercials in California) and his opposition to the Vietnam War,
Newman was placed nineteenth on Richard Nixon's enemies list,[45] which Newman claimed was his greatest accomplishment. During the 1968 general election, Newman supported Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey and appeared in a pre-election night telethon for him. Newman was also a vocal supporter of gay rights.[46][47]
In January 1995, Newman was the chief investor of a group, including the writer E.L. Doctorow and the editor Victor Navasky, that bought the progressive-left wing periodical The Nation.[48] Newman was an occasional writer for the publication.[49]
Consistent with his work for liberal causes, Newman publicly supported Ned Lamont's candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary against Senator Joe Lieberman, and was even rumored as a candidate himself, until Lamont emerged as a credible alternative. He donated to Chris Dodd's presidential campaign.[50] Newman earlier donated money to Bill Richardson's campaign for president in 2008.
Newman attended the March on Washington on August 28, 1963,[51] and was also present at the first Earth Day event in Manhattan on April 22, 1970.[52]
Newman was concerned about global warming and supported nuclear energy development as a solution.[53]
Illness and death[edit]
Newman was scheduled to make his professional stage directing debut with the Westport Country Playhouse's 2008 production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, but he stepped down on May 23, 2008, citing his health concerns.[69]
In June 2008, it was widely reported in the press that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and was receiving treatment for the condition at the Sloan-Kettering hospital in New York City.[70] A.E. Hotchner, who partnered in the 1980s with Newman to start Newman's Own, told the Associated Press in an interview in mid-2008 that Newman had told him about being afflicted with the disease about 18 months prior.[71] Newman's spokesman told the press that the star was "doing nicely", but neither confirmed nor denied that he had cancer.[72]
Newman died on the morning of September 26, 2008,[73][74][75] in the presence of his family.[76] His body was cremated after a private funeral service near his home in Westport.[77]
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