Paul Newman Dies at 83
Paul Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.
Newman was an Academy award winning star in many classic films. Some of the most memorable Newman classics include “Cool Hand Luke”, “The Sting”, “Hud”, “the Color of Money”, and the cult comedy classic “Slapshot”.
Newman started in theater before taking the moving services and heading to hollywood where he would have a 50 year career and marriage. He would often team with wife and fellow Oscar winner, Joanne Woodward, with whom he had one of Hollywood’s rare long-term marriages. “I have steak at home, why go out for hamburger?” Newman told Playboy magazine when asked if he was tempted to stray.
They wed in 1958, around the same time they both appeared in “The Long Hot Summer,” and Newman directed her in several films, including “Rachel, Rachel” and “The Glass Menagerie.”
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