Newman Born: Screen Legend and Philanthropist
He spent fifty years acting and was known for not acting, which is harder. Paul Newman's face communicated things without performing them. Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, The Sting, The Verdict, The Color of Money — in the last he won the Oscar after being nominated eight times. He also ran a food company — Newman's Own — and donated 100 percent of profits to charity. The company has given over $500 million since 1982. He died of lung cancer in 2008. He'd been racing cars professionally until shortly before. He was 83.
January 26, 1925
101 years ago
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