Screen Legend Paul Newman Dies at 83 After Battle With Cancer

[bijou]

Breaking - no details

http://www.foxnews.com/

RIP.

[NHSparky]

Damn, that sucks.  Prayers for the family.

[Ptarmigan]

Rest In Peace Paul Newman. My condolences to his family and relatives.  You rocked Paul!

[Tess Anderson]

 

I know Paul Newman was a liberal, but he was from Hollywood, and he wasn't so obnoxious about it by today's standards. And he had the prettiest blue eyes. Then there was that salad dressing of his, that was kind of cool.

Now he is with his creator, and he will be remembered in his movies ("Fast Eddie"). My prayers for him and his family and friends, R. I. P.

[Chris_]

A giant in the movie making world.

R.I.P and prayers for the family.

[RightCoast]

that sucks.

[SaintLouieWoman]

Newman was one of the good libs and a good man. May he rest in peace. He made a difference in this world and will be remembered for that.

[Airwolf]

Way to many good movies to list made by him. I think the first one I saw in the theater was "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".  Thank You and God Bless you for all the good things you have done .

[Chris]

Paul Newman, Racer, Remembered

It was 1972 when 47-year-old Paul Newman — adopting the shorthand P. L. Newman — strapped into a Lotus Elan at Connecticut's Thompson International Speedway. History remembers little else about the ice-blue-eyed actor's first time performing behind the wheel of a sports car except this: It was the seed moment of a second career for a guy whose first career was nothing to sneeze at.

Newman had picked up the racing bug filming the 1969 Indy 500 drama "Winning." Two decades later, P.L. became the oldest driver to compete on a winning team in a major sanctioned race, the 24 Hours of Daytona, at the age of 70. His life was a race well-run in multiple stages, one whose checkered flag came today as Newman lost a battle with cancer at the age of 83.

It was method actors like Newman and fellow racer Steve McQueen who recast Hollywood movies from detached, escapist stories to gritty, character-driven narratives that connected with the struggles of their time. Newman brought the same depth to racing, as his methodic skills of knowing and feeling taught by Stanislavski and Strasberg made him ruthless behind the wheel.

(Jalopnik)

[Peter3_1]

Actually, behind the wheel, Paul depended on his learned skills, talent, and practices fair, clean racing practices. I can't remember him ever being called in by the Stewarts of the Meet for a "chat". "Ruthless" describes Tony Stewart, David Coultard and others, Gentlemanly, but tough describes Paul.