Paul Newman passed away at age 83.The 10-time Academy Award nominee died Friday at age 83, surrounded by family and close friends at his Westport farmhouse following a long battle with cancer, publicist Jeff Sanderson said Saturday.At 83, you can't say he was too young to die, yet my mind is filled with the way he as in all his movies so I'm a little surprised. Even in Road to Perdition, he seemed spry and full of beans. He seems to have been around forever.
In May, Newman dropped plans to direct a fall production of "Of Mice and Men" at Connecticut's Westport Country Playhouse, citing unspecified health issues. The following month, a friend disclosed that he was being treated for cancer and Martha Stewart, also a friend, posted photos on her Web site of Newman looking gaunt at a charity luncheon.
My earliest memory of Newman is as Butch Cassidy; in particular the scene where he is challenged by one of the underlings. He then says he's going to explain the rules and kicks the guy in the nuts saying there are no rules. As a kid I found that incredibly funny. Then there was his turn as the con man in 'The Sting' that I marveled at. He was so smooth end eloquent when putting one over Robert Shaw.
He was a wonderful actor.
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