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Titolo: E' morto Paul Newman

Era ammalato da tempo. E' morto all'eta di 83 anni dopo una lunga
prova combattuta contro il cancro. Ricordo con grande nostalgia molti
dei suoi film. E' sicuramente stato uno dei più grandi attori di
cinema. Grazie per i momenti di divertimento che ci hai regalato. 
Giampaolo

si sa questi eventi sono inevitabili, ma dispiace ancora di piu' se
qualcosa di una persona e' andata oltre l'immaginario del cinema,
anche per le posizioni verso la societa' assunte da Newman.
Ezio

Era ammalato da tempo
E' stato un grande : credo di aver visto tutti i suoi films ( IMO il
migliore fu La Stangata ) e nessuno mi ha deluso.
Benedetto Zaccaria

Giampaolo Lomi ha scritto:
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Se solo si finisse di spendere miliardi di 
dollari per le cremine antirughe e li si 
impiegassero per trovare finalmente una 
cura contro questo mostro.......
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Marco Marcelli - Genova
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I mostri sono numerosi...

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Ecco il ricordo di lui rilasciato della CNN :
CNN) -- Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes,
good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the
most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home
in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83.
 
Paul Newman's handsome face and solid acting made him a popular and
respected film star. 
 1 of 2  He died Friday, according to spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic. 
Newman attained stardom in the 1950s and never lost the movie-star
aura, appearing in such classic films as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,"
"Exodus," "The Hustler," "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "The Verdict."
He finally won an Oscar in 1986 -- on his eighth try -- for "The Color
of Money," a sequel to "The Hustler." He later received two more Oscar
nominations. Among his other awards was the Motion Picture Academy's
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.  Watch a look back at Newman's
career »
"Paul took advantage of what life offered him, and while personally
reluctant to acknowledge that he was doing anything special, he
forever changed the lives of many with his generosity, humor, and
humanness," said Robert Forrester, vice chairman of the actor's
Newman's Own Foundation. "His legacy lives on in the charities he
supported and the Hole in the Wall Camps, for which he cared so much."
He was often willing to make fun of himself. Early in his career he
was mistaken for fellow Method actor Marlon Brando; Newman obligingly
signed autographs, "Best wishes, Marlon Brando." 
Newman was a Method-trained actor who blazed his own career trail and
didn't shy away from risky roles -- inside and outside films.
A portrayal as a race-car driver in 1969's "Winning" led to his actual
competition in races; at 70, he participated in the 24 Hours of
Daytona and he was still racing at age 80. 
He stumped for liberal causes, including Eugene McCarthy's 1968
presidential candidacy, and earned a spot on Richard Nixon's enemies
list -- "the highest single honor I've ever received," he said.
In 1982, Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner founded Newman's Own, a
food company that produced food ranging from pasta sauces to salad
dressing to chocolate chip cookies. 
"The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my
films," Newman once wryly noted.
To date, the company -- which donates all profits to charities such as
Newman's Hole in the Wall camps -- has given away more than $200
million. Newman established the camp to benefit gravely ill children.
"He saw the camps as places where kids could escape the fear, pain and
isolation of their conditions, kick back and raise a little hell,"
Forrester said. 
Today, there are 11 Hole in the Wall camps around the world, with
additional programs in Africa and Vietnam. Some 135,000 children have
attended the camps -- free of charge.
The Association of Hole in the Wall Camps "is part of his living
legacy, and for that we remain forever grateful," the association said
in a statement.
"We are greatly saddened by his passing. His leadership and spirit can
never be replaced. But he has left us strong and confident."
Newman was half of one of the most successful showbiz marriages -- to
Joanne Woodward, whom he married in 1958. He observed that just
because he was a sex symbol there was no reason to commit adultery.
"Why would I go out for a hamburger when I have steak at home?" he
asked.
CNN's Larry King, who interviewed Newman through the years, said he
greatly admired the actor.
"He lived a long and terrific life," King said Saturday morning. "He
was much appreciated. Did some theater, graduated Yale. Long marriage
to Joanne Woodward. One of those showbiz rarities."
Paul Leonard Newman was born on January 26, 1925, in Shaker Heights,
Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. His father owned a successful sporting
goods store, but young Paul was taken with his mother's and uncle's
interest in the arts and started acting while still in grade school.
"I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the
sporting goods store," he said later.
After being kicked out of Ohio University for unruly behavior, he
joined the Navy and served for three years during World War II. After
the war he attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where his unruly
ways led him to theater.
Newman continued studying acting at Yale and at New York's Actors'
Studio, earning jobs in the growing medium of television.
He made his Broadway debut in William Inge's 1953 play "Picnic,"
opposite Kim Stanley, one of the most successful stage actresses of
her time. The next year he made his first Hollywood film, "The Silver
Chalice," a bomb that he mocked for the rest of his life. He even took
out a newspaper ad apologizing for his performance.
But success as boxer Rocky Graziano in "Somebody Up There Likes Me"
(1956) made him a star, and more hits followed: "The Long, Hot Summer"
(1958) opposite his soon-to-be wife, Woodward; "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
(1958) with Elizabeth Taylor; and "The Young Philadelphians" (1959).
But the 1960s were to be Newman's decade, a perfect match for his
ironic, anti-establishment attitude. iReport.com: What do you remember
best about Paul Newman?
He began the decade with "Exodus" (1960), an epic about Israel's
founding directed by Otto Preminger, and succeeded it with "The
Hustler" (1961) as pool shark Fast Eddie Felson; "Sweet Bird of Youth"
(1962), another Tennessee Williams work; and "Hud" (1963), "Harper"
(1966) and "Hombre" (1967), continuing a good-luck streak of films
beginning with "H."
After "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), in which he played the egg-eating
malcontented title character, he turned to directing, earning raves
for his behind-the-camera work on "Rachel, Rachel" (1968), starring
his wife.
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) and "The Sting" (1973)
teamed Newman with co-star Robert Redford and director George Roy
Hill. The trio proved to be box-office gold: They were two of the
highest-grossing films of their time, winning a slew of awards --
including a best picture Oscar for the latter, a tale of con men in
1930s Chicago.
Newman finally teamed up with Steve McQueen, who had been scheduled to
be his co-star in "Butch Cassidy," in 1974's "The Towering Inferno."
Though the Irwin Allen-produced disaster film earned mixed critical
notices, it, too, was one of the most successful box-office films of
the era.
Newman's career started faltering in the late '70s as he turned his
attention to his other pursuits, notably racing. The loss of his son
Scott to a drug overdose in 1978 hit the actor hard.
He made an artistic comeback with 1982's "The Verdict," the story of
an ambulance-chasing hard-luck lawyer in which Newman appeared broken,
raspy and every inch of his 57 years.
By the time Newman starred in "The Color of Money," directed by Martin
Scorsese, his movie career had slipped a notch. Never afraid of
playing his age, Newman portrayed a repressed businessman in 1990's
"Mr. and Mrs. Bridge," a cantankerous lodger in "Nobody's Fool"
(1994), a fatherly, retired gangster in "Road to Perdition" (2002),
and the voice of a Hudson Hornet in "Cars" (2006).
He gained some of his best reviews for his performance as the stage
manager in a Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's classic play,
"Our Town," filmed for television in 2003, and was perfectly cast as
the rascally father to Ed Harris' responsible diner owner in the
miniseries "Empire Falls."
In recent years, Newman talked about doing another film with his
friend Redford, but the two couldn't settle on a script. In 2007,
Newman said he was retiring from acting, saying he'd lost confidence
in his abilities. Still, he marveled at his own resilience.
"You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look
on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still
around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and
smoking and the cars and the career."
Newman, who was married to Jackie Witt from 1949 to 1957, is survived
by his wife, Joanne Woodward, and five children. 

 migliore fu La Stangata ) e nessuno mi ha deluso.
Un bel film.
Io direi: Lassů qualcuno mi ama (che sta finendo in questo momento su 
Raitre);
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Il Verdetto; La vita a modo mio 
(Nobody's Fool).
Ma piů di tutti, imho, Il Verdetto.
Mi dispiace, mi dispiace davvero, anche se era nell'aria.
dR

 prova combattuta contro il cancro. 
Fra i tanti bei film – è senz'altro uno dei grandi di Hollywood ad aver 
fatto meno brutti film, e mi pare proprio nessuna boiata – io ricordo 
con affetto particolare "Hombre" dal romanzo di Elmore Leonard, in cui 
interpreta con pochissime parole un mezzo indiano, e i due film, non 
eccelsi ma insoliti, con Robert Altman: "Buffalo Bill e gli indiani", 
dove fa il gen. Custer, e "Quintet". Ciao Paul.

Oh, gente, avete letto cosa ha scritto Benedetto Zaccaria?
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invece a me di questo attore non ce n'è uno che mi sia piaciuto... una
specie di antipatia a pelle... boh...
D.