paul newman dies

[SOLIDSNAKE]

great actor !!
Man he just did cars and he did a great job in it.
will miss him.

R.I.P

 

[dragonsleeper]

RIP Paul..every actor should emulate you on and off the silver screen.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Great actor, great man. He will sorely be missed.

One of my all-time favorite movies. That and The Sting. He will be missed.

 

[Darth Waller]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was on Cinemax HD this morning, so I set it to record.

This seems to be the year that many Hollywood legends are passing away.

 

[theokou]

If you believe Monthy Pythons and always look at the bright side of life, maybe something good will come out.Maybe Hot Toys can do something to celebrate and honor his life and work.

RIP Paul, agreat man, agreat filanthropist and a great actor

 

[EVILFACE]

A true legend.

I shall watch The Towering Inferno tonight.

 

[Red]

A great actor and a true legend for what he did away from the screen.

One of the truly good guys has gone to that better place.

RIP Mr Newman.

 

[galactiboy]

Very sad news... he will be missed.

 

[b24karrot]

Loved The Sting as a kid still love it today..........RIP Mr. Newman and may his family be blessed at this time.

 

[ENDO-HUNTER]

I loved him as well. He will be sorely missed. He was 83, that's a long life. I hope I make it to 83. Man , he made a ton of great movies. The one that sticks out in my mind and is one of my favorites was "COOL HAND LUKE" I love the egg eating scene. R.I.P. Mr. Newman. And God Bless his family.

 

[plasmid303]

Dammit, another loss of another great. R.I.P. good sir.

 

[Batty]

He was a true movie giant.

One of my favorites is Slap Shot. And not just because it's a great movie. Back in 1976 my mom kept me home from school so we could go and watch them film (it was the scene where the fight breaks out and the players attack the fans). She said she took me because she knew I liked hockey, but I think it was because she wanted to see Paul.

 

[barryo]

i loved paul newman.............cool hand luke is among my favs by him..........
what makes me smile about this whole scene is whenever im in a light hearted conversation where someone is bragging about something they can do........i always say "well yea..........I CAN EAT 50 EGGS !!! "...........
more times than not they look at me like im crazy, but a few know what im quoting.........another legend passes on. paul was the man !!

 

[Darth Caedus]

In honor of him, I went to the market and bought some of his Salad Dressing....

Leave with a funny quote by Mr. Newman about said Dressing

The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.

 

[plasmid303]

Here's a couple good stories I found on FSR.com and thought it was pretty funny:

Paul Newman wasn’t just an Oscar-winning movie star and director, he was a philanthropist, practical joke player, and award-winning race car driver.

The roles he chose were immortalized by his outstanding performances in films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Hustler, The Sting, The Verdict, The Color of Money. He was an electric Mt. Rushmore with a thousand twinklers behind his bright blue eyes

And he tried to soften the effect he had on fans. Here are two stories of what it was like to encounter Paul Newman face to face:

When I was an agent, my office was at 9000 Sunset Blvd., a building owned by several show business people, including Paul Newman. I often saw him on the elevator, said hi, and averted my eyes out of respect (but it was really because I didn’t want him to think I was uncool or a slobbering fan).

One night about 2:00 a.m., I pulled out of the parking garage in my new Mustang convertible and at the first traffic light on unusually empty Sunset Boulevard, I happened to look next to me while waiting for the light to go green. There was Newman grinning at me and gesturing with his forefinger mutely inviting me to race him down Sunset. He was in a beat-up VW bug, rusty-reddish in color, and faded. Really dinky looking. No contest.

I had a new Mustang. No contest. I shrugged “sure, why not?” and, when the light turned green, I jammed down the pedal. Before it even hit the floor, I was covered in his dust.

Next day somebody told me Newman did that all the time, that he had a racing engine under that crappy looking hood and was always on the lookout for victims.

Another time, a Michigan tourist visited a small Connecticut town. Sunday morning, she got up early to take a long walk. After a brisk five-mile hike, she decided to treat herself to a double-dip chocolate cone, and stopped in at the local ice cream parlor.

One other person was in the shop. Paul Newman. He was sitting at the counter having a doughnut and
coffee.

The woman’s heart skipped a beat as her eyes made contact with Newman’s famous baby-blues.

The actor nodded hello and the flustered, star struck woman smiled back. Now what?

Pull yourself together, she told herself. You’ve got a life. He’s just a person like you. Oh really?

The clerk filled her order and she took her double-dip chocolate ice cream cone in one hand and
her change in the other. Then she went out the door, avoiding another glance in Paul Newman’s
direction.

When she reached her car, she realized that she had a handful of change but her other hand was empty. Where’s my ice cream cone? Did I leave it in the store? Back into the shop she went, expecting to see the cone still in the clerk’s hand or in a cone holder on the counter. No ice cream cone was in sight.

With that, she looked over at Paul Newman. His face broke into his familiar, warm,friendly grin and he said to the woman,

“You put it in your purse.”

Hemingway said of bullfighters that they lived all the way up. So did Paul Newman.

 

[Voorhees27]

A little late to this thread and the news, this is truly sad indeed! Here is a great man that donated TONS of money to various charities and imo quite rare for a man of his rep.

RIP Paul!

 

[lockford88]

one of the greats....will be missed