Paul Newman Activist, Actor, Business Person, Director, Military Person, and Race Car Driver

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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, –September 26, ) was an Academy Award–winning and seven-time Academy Award–nominated American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing.

Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of October 2008, these donations had exceeded US $250 million.

On September 26, 2008, Newman died at his longtime home in Westport, Connecticut, of complications arising from lung cancer.

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  1. Biggest Headline of 2008: Paul Newman Passes Away

    ...the year. Early in 2008, rumors began to circulate that legendary actor Paul Newman's health was in decline. The stories persisted despite assurances that he was "doing nicely." As a friend let it slip that he was battling cancer, it began...

    December 28, 2008 | Insanely addictive. -- POPSUGAR - Celebrity Gossip & News.

  2. Paul Newman: His best movies

    ...back at the gems from a half-century career in film Mark Harris is a writer and former executive editor of EW Photo 1 of 30 Paul Newman: 30 Unforgettable Roles The title's suggestion of divine intervention is apt: Following his inauspicious...

    December 23, 2008 | Entertainment Weekly

  3. And the Oscar goes to� Paul Newman's beloved charity

    AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… PAUL NEWMAN S BELOVED CHARITY Newman died in September Sunday December 21,2008 By Mike Parker PAUL NEWMAN S private jet, racing cars and treasured Hollywood memorabilia, including three Oscars, are to be auctioned to...

    December 21, 2008 | Daily Express

  4. Paul Newman's Oscars, racing cars to go under the hammer

    ...memorabilia, including three Oscars, which belonged to late actor Paul Newman, are to be auctioned to prevent a family war. On September 26, 2008, Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut, of complications arising from lung...

    December 21, 2008 | New Kerala

  5. Acting icon was good egg, too

    Paul Newman, left, and Elizabeth Taylor are seen in the 1958 Hollywood film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Paul Newman was nominated for 10 Oscars, including leading role in Cool Hand Luke, Hud, The Hustler, Absence of Malice and Nobody's Fool, and he...

    December 26, 2008 | USA Today

  6. Paul Newman - Terms and Conditions

    Conditions of Entry -Paul Newman Boxset Promotion Information on "how to enter" and prizes form part of conditions of entry. Entry into this competition deems acceptance of these terms and conditions. Enter as many times as you wish, by...

    December 18, 2008 | WHO.com - First for celebrity news

  7. Ambulance men arrested for 'ignoring dying man'

    ...always friendly." Mr Baker's dilapidated detached house lies in a well-to-do street not far from the centre of Brighton. Paul Newman, landlord of the local Ladies Mile pub, said: "He used to come to the pub every Sunday morning at opening...

    4 days ago | Telegraph.co.uk - Top ten stories

  8. Paul Newman - Woodward Returns To Work

    Caption: * Paul Newman DEAD AT 83 Hollywood legend PAUL NEWMAN has died of lung cancer at the age of 83. The Oscar winner passed away on Friday (26Sep08) at his home in Westport, Connecticut, his spokesman Marni Tomljanovic has confirmed. ...

    December 11, 2008 | Contactmusic.com

  9. Cruise finds courage under fire

    ...And it strikes me that what he's saying about the man's character is very similar to what he wrote in his eulogy for his friend Paul Newman in People magazine shortly after the actor's death. When I point this out and the conversation shifts...

    5 days ago | Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment

  10. Ambulancemen arrested for alleged neglect of dying man

    ...described Mr Baker as a quiet but popular figure who went to work every day at a JobCentre Plus, despite his health troubles Paul Newman, landlord of the Ladies Mile pub, where a wake for Mr Baker is to be held, said: "He used to come to the...

    6 days ago | Guardian

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