Author Topic: Paul Newman is Dead At 83yrs old (Read 1834 times)

bill440cars · « **on:** September 27, 2008, 08:48:23 AM »

One of my favorite actors, Paul Newman, has died from cancer at 83yrs old.

What a loss.

He will be remembered always.

martino1972 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 27, 2008, 08:55:22 AM »

it was coming,but still very sad news.......r.i.p.

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #2 on:** September 27, 2008, 08:56:49 AM »

Wow. Very sad.

He was under contract to play me when the movie about me was made.
(Script hold-ups) I can't think of anyone else who looks like me...

One of the truly great actors and even greater people.

martino1972 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 27, 2008, 08:58:53 AM »

Quote from: Uncle Ernie on September 27, 2008, 08:56:49 AM

He was under contract to play me when the movie about me was made.
(Script hold-ups) I can't think of anyone else who looks like me...

not to get away from the topic,but.........they made a movie about you?

care to tell me,who you are,and if i saw the movie???

heffay · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2008, 09:02:54 AM »

haven't seen too many of his movies, albeit a few.

a fine, charitable man. the money and fame never seemed to get to him... one of the few to be looked up to.

Rocking-M · « **Reply #5 on:** September 27, 2008, 10:20:02 AM »

It's a loss for all of us. From what was said on here when posted that he was ill,
I think it was Bobby that met him, he was a regular fellow as well. Sure was a rare
bird in Hollywood.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #6 on:** September 27, 2008, 10:22:29 AM »

And married to the same woman for 50+ years. Equally rare in Hollywood.

bill440cars · « **Reply #7 on:** September 27, 2008, 10:41:31 AM »

Quote from: Rocking-M on September 27, 2008, 10:20:02 AM

It's a loss for all of us. From what was said on here when posted that he was ill,
I think it was Bobby that met him, he was a regular fellow as well. Sure was a rare
bird in Hollywood.

Quote from: Bob Wessner on September 27, 2008, 10:22:29 AM

And married to the same woman for 50+ years. Equally rare in Hollywood.

Amen and Amen!

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Quite a couple.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 27, 2008, 11:51:53 AM »

Ernie, irony is lost on some...

Nice man, I know one young driver who worked at his Connecticut shop while trying to get laps. The kid loved Newman.

Cigarettes, f**king cigarettes. It is my most sincere wish that every tobacco owner/executive/marketer die the way my Aunt Kate did.

Aggravating to think about.

Ecosse · « **Reply #9 on:** September 27, 2008, 12:08:21 PM »

Just caught this on the news. Although it was inevitable it still is a somber moment. I very much agree to the previous comments about his character and his remarkable marriage.

My grandmother passed at 82 due to complications from smoking. In the end something is always going to get us... but cancer and strokes are not fun ways to live out ones remaining years.

Rest in peace Paul.

BTW Hef, very cool picture.

bill440cars · « **Reply #10 on:** September 27, 2008, 02:41:25 PM »

Yeah!

Cigarettes

My Mom passed away at the age of 75 in Feb 2002. She didn't quit until just a few months before she died.

Oh, she made some attempts but there were her friends, smoking away while my Mom was attempting to quit. Okay, I've said my peace about smoking.

Sure is a shame that Paul Newman is gone. He was quite the man alright!

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #11 on:** September 27, 2008, 10:19:52 PM »

Yeah, it's sad that another real "screen legend" has passed, I guess what's really sad is that it's another reminder of our own mortality, I can still remember when he was a (relatively) young man! Now where did I put those cigarettes............

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #12 on:** September 27, 2008, 10:55:54 PM »

i can still remember dad taking me down to bob sharpe datsun when i was a little guy (30+ years ago) to look at the race car they kept in the showroom. as an early teenager i got to say hello to and shake Mr Neumans hand, i remember him as being a regular guy, it was like talking to one of my uncles or a neighbor. he and my dad shared a birthday, same year too. tobacco killed em both too.

Ecosse · « **Reply #13 on:** September 27, 2008, 11:37:31 PM »

When ever I'd go to Lime Rock he was on my short list of faces I hoped to see.

This guy was a class act.

winnipeg550guy · « **Reply #14 on:** September 29, 2008, 07:43:25 AM »

Being Canadian I would have to say Slapshot c.1977 was one of my favorites, it's just damn funny, plus his character shared the same first name as me, Reggie "Reg" Dunlop, In 1980 I was 10 the first time I saw this movie and thought it was super cool he had the same first name. He was a great and generous man.
[youtube=425,350]http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXFF_dEcdk[/youtube]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXFF_dEcdk

Ecosse · « **Reply #15 on:** September 29, 2008, 10:30:00 AM »

Don't know if it's true but I had read 'Slap Shot' was one of his favorites too. I loved that flick... such a departure from his usual rolls. Liked that he drove a (Pontiac) GTO in the picture too.

Get the DVD and there's interviews with the 'brothers'... the guys with glasses, forget the name just now.

I liked Torn Curtain (Hitchcock), 'Sundance, Hud, Coolhand Luke, but a major oversight is not having saw Winning, the movie that introduced him to his great passion outside his wife.

A man of character.

phactory · « **Reply #16 on:** September 29, 2008, 10:36:18 AM »

I saw PL Newman MANY times racing at Lime Rock Park in the 80's. He was a great guy and a great racer. Always friendly and very open, and never an attitude. Plus he REALLY deserved the title of Ole Blue Eyes.

I would have LOVED to see Newman and McQueen race against each other!

What a life he lived!! Godspeed Paul!

Phil

Jonesy · « **Reply #17 on:** September 29, 2008, 03:50:32 PM »

Quote from: Ecosse on September 29, 2008, 10:30:00 AM

Get the DVD and there's interviews with the 'brothers'... the guys with glasses, forget the name just now.

The Hanson Brothers. Real Cementheads!

[youtube=425,350]5i_D6oQO6b8[/youtube]

One of the funniest stories I heard about Paul Newman was about his wife being upset she couldn't retrofit the the shower in their home with a garbage disposal because he liked to eat cantaloupe in the shower...

Ecosse · « **Reply #18 on:** September 29, 2008, 04:05:50 PM »

Oh God ~~that~~ those clip is are a riot!

Yeah, the Hanson brothers! They were the best; the interview in the special features part of he DVD is great!

He did the movie 'Winning' at 43 according to the eulogy on SPEED and it seems he started his (successful) racing career, winning 24hrs of Le Mans, Daytona, etc... after that. So there's hope for me yet!!

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #19 on:** September 29, 2008, 05:48:20 PM »

Quote from: winnipeg550guy on September 29, 2008, 07:43:25 AM

Being Canadian I would have to say Slapshot c.1977 was one of my favorites, it's just damn funny, plus his character shared the same first name as me, Reggie "Reg" Dunlop, In 1980 I was 10 the first time I saw this movie and thought it was super cool he had the same first name. He was a great and generous man.
[youtube=425,350]http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXFF_dEcdk[/youtube]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXFF_dEcdk

#$%* eddie shore! #$%* old time hockey! youre LOSING! my favorite Paul Newman movie of all time. i think i've read somewhere that the hanson brothers were really hockey players in real life.

heffay · « **Reply #20 on:** October 04, 2008, 01:54:35 PM »

no shortage of long hair in that movie!

going to check netflix.

unkle fester · « **Reply #21 on:** October 04, 2008, 02:01:21 PM »

two of them are actually brothers......they still tour and make appearances together together....http://www.hansonbrothers.net/

Ecosse · « **Reply #22 on:** October 04, 2008, 02:09:57 PM »

Excellent! Thanks Uncle Fester!!

Loved that movie.

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Author Topic: Paul Newman is Dead At 83yrs old (Read 1834 times)

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