27 Sep 08 Dead at 83

Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman has died at his home in Connecticut at the age of 83. He starred in around 60 films in a career that spanned five decades.

He starred in a number of movies, such as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958); The Hustler (1961); Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); The Sting (1973); The Towering Inferno (1974) and The Color Of Money (1986).

He didn’t actually get an Oscar until he won Best Actor in The Color Of Money, although he was nominated many times.

He was a co-founder of Newman’s Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations had exceeded US$220 million. (source: Wikipedia)

He quit acting in 2007, and pulled out of directing a project earlier this year, citing health issues. He leaves a widow (Joanne Woodward, to whom he had been married 50 years this past January) and five daughters.

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