His passion for racing, gleaned during filming of "Winning," led to his becoming a car owner and formed a partnership with Carl Haas, starting Newman/Haas Racing in 1983 and joining the CART series. After his only son's death, Newman established the Scott Newman Foundation to finance the production of anti-drug films for children.įamily friend Mary Kay Daughters said of Newman, "He was one of the nicest celebrities but he was just plain man, wonderful and very, very down-to-earth along with his wife Joanne." Scott died in 1978 of an accidental overdose of alcohol and Valium. In addition to his three daughters with Woodward, Newman had two daughters, Susan and Stephanie, and a son, Scott, from a previous marriage to Jacqueline Witte. He went on to establish similar camps in several other states and in Europe. In 1988, Newman founded The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp in northeastern Connecticut for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. "We will miss our friend Paul Newman, but are lucky ourselves to have known such a remarkable person," Robert Forrester, vice chairman of Newman's Own Foundation, said in a statement.
All of the company's profits are donated to charities.īy 2007, the company had donated more than $175 million, according to its Web site. It began as a joke, Hotchner said, and grew into a multimillion-dollar business that expanded into selling popcorn, spaghetti sauce and other foods. One of those tiny little ideas - marketing Newman's original oil-and-vinegar salad dressing and giving the profits to charity became Newman's Own, started in 1982 with his Westport neighbor, writer A.E.
And all these ideas that started, and this is important for people to know, these ideas started as tiny little ideas, he just had an idea but then he went and did something about it, and in the process created extraordinary things." "And luckily his ideas were all about, you know, most of his ideas were about giving back to people. "He had amazing ideas and he took them and ran with them," said his daughter, Lissy Newman. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey) (A bouquet of red roses sit on a bench across the street from Paul Newman's Westport home, Saturday Sept. "Sometimes God makes perfect people," fellow "Absence of Malice" star Sally Field said, "and Paul Newman was one of them."
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"He was a master of his craft - an artist respected and emulated by his peers and beloved by movie fans around the world."ĭaniel Craig, who appeared with Newman in the 2002 film "Road To Perdition," called Newman "one of the greatest screen actors of all time and a beautiful man. The chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, Dan Glickman, praised Newman's career pf portraying "scamps, louts and ne'er-do-wells. "He was an American icon, a brilliant actor, a Renaissance man and a generous but modest philanthropist." "Paul Newman was the ultimate cool guy who men wanted to be like and women adored," said California Gov. I thank God and feel so honored for that privilege. Knowing him, being his friend, was as golden as the sunset and privilege I'll never forget. I know he loved his family, his wife, the world and mankind.
He was goodness and kindness and pure integrity. Not just actors, but all of us."ĭame Elizabeth Taylor, with whom Newman starred in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," said Saturday, "I loved that man with all my heart. George Clooney said, "He set the bar too high for the rest of us.
My life - and this country - is better for his being in it." "There is a point where feelings go beyond words," Robert Redford said Saturday. Newman's colleagues were as generous in their praise of him and his work. Passionately opposed to the Vietnam War, and in favor of civil rights, he was so famously liberal that he ended up on President Nixon's "enemies list" - one of the actor's proudest achievements, he liked to say. He had a soft spot for underdogs in real life, giving tens of millions of dollars to charities through his food company and setting up camps for severely ill children. With his strong, classically handsome face and piercing blue eyes, Newman was a heartthrob just as likely to play against his looks, becoming a favorite with critics for his convincing portrayals of rebels, tough guys and losers. He was nominated for an Oscar 10 times, winning one Best Actor Oscar and two honorary Academy Awards, and had major roles in more than 50 motion pictures, including "Exodus," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Verdict," "The Sting" and "Absence of Malice."
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