He allso made pasta sauce...

This is truely a sincere loss. Not only was he one of our country's finest actors, he was a humanitarian, donating hundreds of millions of dollars to charities of the years.

Paul Newman, you will be sorely missed. RIP.

This is the single biggest loss in the history of the humane side of Hollywood. Ever.


(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.

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.

"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."

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 Gang 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 Gang 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."

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 (wife of 50 years), and five children.

Rest In Peace......one of the best.


I can't think of a bad movie he was in. 83...a good run....I shall toast to him tonight with a beer.....or two.

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A great loss and he will be missed greatly.

Rest in Peace, sir.

I had been expecting this ever since it was rumored that he was seriously ill several months back... but I'm still shocked. :(

It's a very sad day for all true movie lovers around the globe. My whole family always has been very much fond of his lovely on screen presence.

Truly a sincere loss indeed.

Rest in peace, the legend.

wow.

what a tremendous loss for the world of cinema.

rest in peace, mr. newman.

This might sound a little weird, but although i was surprised he died, dont be too upset.

I haven heard a word about Paul Newman in years, or of all that he had been doing, but now everythign he has done just got a ton of free publicity: only good can come from that. This coincides with me seeing a review of his spaghetti sauce, saying it was the best out there. He was a good man with high standards, he made great movies, lived a long, full life, and left behind a wake of great accomplishments that can continue on long past him.

If anyone's death in the past several years has called for a good, loud, celebratory Irish wake its Paul Newman. This is definitely a case where we are just mourning our own loss: if you beleiev in an afterlife, he gets the good one.

thats very true ..

i just wish it was more common to live past 84 ... shit it seems like the magic life line. very few people make it to 90.


i want to live to be at least 200.

I know, there are so many factors these days that make it less and less likely that we will make it close to 100, stress being one of the main ones. Its ridiculous the number of people who only take vacations ever couple of years (or even less), and when they do, some are REQUIRED to make sure they have their blackberry, pager, cell phone, etc in easy reach in case they are needed.


Nothing is so important. NOTHING. Even if you are the number 1 brain surgeon on earth, out of numbers 2,3, 4, etc , ONE of them has to be available.

Forrest J Ackerman alive and going strong at 91, bless him!

Way to go, you probably just condemned him to death...

"They always go in 3s" the old saying goes, and there is no quicker way to jinx someone than to aknowledge their success. Way to go, killer :)

its the ultimate genetic lottery ..

even if you eat right, don't smoke, drive responsibly, do everything you can ... you still have an excellent chance of getting something later in life that takes you sooner than it should.

fucking cure cancer already !!

Why should they? Treating cancer is expensive, and although Nobel prizes are the Bees Knees, they dont make you nearly as much money as say, Botox, Viagra or any of a slew of anti-anxiety and depression drugs, many of which would be unucessary if people werent worried they were going to die of cancer.

A sad reality is that way too many people become doctors because of the ridiculous amount of wealth they can amass, not out of any strong need to help or heal.

Unfortunately, I've been cut off from civilization for 2 weeks, and was not aware of Newman's demise until yesterday, on a train. So I apologize for bringing it up again.

I was not an immense fan of his films, although most were of high quality. I do, however, agree with _V_'s quote, the man was a rarity in Hwood, a man of clearcut integrity, who gave much more than he got. If you say the word "phony", this guy will never come to mind. And, to me, he was somewhat of a Jimmy Stewart for my generation. He portayed decency in almost every role, even if it wasn't a decent character being portrayed. I will always remember him in 3 films. Cool Hand Luke, Hud and Hombre. Who else but Newman could make you believe a blue-eyed American Indian?

Nov 2, 2008


John Daly, the British-born producer of 13 Oscar-winning movies including “Platoon” and “The Last Emperor” who helped launch the careers of many top directors and actors, has died.

He was 71.

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Daly, who was chairman of Film and Music Entertainment, died Friday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after struggling with cancer, said his daughter, Jenny Daly.

Over a career that spanned four decades, Daly helped to produce films that earned 13 Oscars for best picture and 21 Oscar nominations, as well as numerous Golden Globes and other awards.

Daly’s companies boosted the careers of directors such as Oliver Stone (“Platoon,” “Salvador”), Bernardo Bertolucci (“The Last Emperor”) and Robert Altman (“Images”), as well as actors Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves and Julia Roberts.

“John was truly a giant in the industry who changed filmmaking for the better,” Lawrence Lotman, chief financial officer and acting chief executive officer of Film and Music Entertainment, said in a statement.

Born in London, Daly joined with British actor David Hemmings in 1967 to form Hemdale, a company that managed rock bands such as Yes and Black Sabbath.

Hemdale later became a leading independent film producer and distributor in the U.K. with movies such as “Tommy,” according to a biography issued by Film and Music Entertainment.

Under Daly’s stewardship, Hemdale produced more than 100 films that grossed more than $1.5 billion.

Since 2003, Daly had been at the helm of Film and Music Entertainment. In 2004, he produced, co-wrote and directed “The Aryan Couple,” starring Martin Landau, which received awards at film festivals around the world.

He is survived by three sons and a daughter.


R.I.P. John Daly.

I got word earlier today that Forry Ackerman is not doing well.
Somehow the late, great Rudy Ray Moore was overlooked on here.
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For those of you who aren't familiar with him, he was the legendary rapping pimp in early blaxploitation movies. You will never find more catchphrases or drinking games from any other movies which is why I take it as a personal lost.
"You gonna have to take me !" indeed. RIP....

For those of you familiar with the dark corners of the musical universe, Yma Sumac, the Queen of Exotica has passed away.

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Also news earlier today that Barak Obama's grandmother passed on.

Yes, Yma Sumac and Rudy Ray Moore: both great entertainers.

That seriously sucks

Jurassic Park died.........bummer

Michael Crichton died..........even more of a bummer

damn....only 66....too young

R.I.P.

Michael Crichton died?!

Woah. That is a bummer. I loved his signature novel and the film made out of it. I was kinda hoping he'd work some of his magic on the upcoming JP4.

Rest in Peace Michael.

John Michael Crichton, director, screenwriter and bestselling author of sci-fi thrillers that inspired some of Hollywood's most popular movies and TV shows, including "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain," died of cancer Tuesday in Los Angeles.

He was 66.

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Crichton received numerous awards across genres and forms for his work and was Emmy nommed eight times for drama series for "ER," winning one Emmy in 1996. He was also part of a team that won a 1995 technical achievement Oscar for developing computerized motion picture budgeting.

"He was the greatest at blending science with big theatrical concepts, which is what gave credibility to dinosaurs again walking the earth," said "Jurassic Park" helmer Steven Spielberg. "In the early days, Michael had just sold 'The Andromeda Strain' to Robert Wise at Universal, and I had recently signed on as a contract TV director there. Michael was a gentle soul who reserved his flamboyant side for his novels."

Movies based on Crichton's stories and screenplays were frequently financially successful: "Jurassic Park" remains the 13th highest grossing film in history, while "Twister" (which Crichton co-wrote) and "The Lost World" sit at Nos. 53 and 60 respectively.

"Michael Crichton was a modern-day Renaissance man," said NBC Universal prexy Jeff Zucker. "He was a physician, writer, director and producer -- few people have done so many things so well. As creator and producer of NBC's 'ER,' he helped change the face of televised drama."

Early in his career, Crichton directed his own screenplays, including 1979 Sean Connery starrer "The First Great Train Robbery," which he wrote, directed and adapted from his own novel; and 1973's "Westworld." He was also director and screenwriter of "Coma," based on the Robin Cook novel.

Born in Chicago, Crichton was raised in Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y., and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1964. In a decision that would inform much of his writing, he chose to attend Harvard Medical School and obtained his medical doctorate in 1969. Throughout his education, he wrote under various pseudonyms, including Jeffery Hudson, the name that appears on "A Case of Need." The writer was uncommonly tall at 6 feet 9 inches. He married five times and divorced four.

In his later years, Crichton broke with popular opinion on the subject of global warming, addressing what he saw as hysteria around the issue in his 2004 novel "State of Fear." Perhaps because of similar views on the topic, Crichton was also one of the few novelists to get along well with President Bush.

Crichton's stories often chronicled disaster and systematic breakdown, frequently using a big, action-packed narrative like the rampaging dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park" to explain such complicated concepts as chaos theory. In person and in print, Crichton advocated for the literary merits of science fiction writers, leaping to the defense of writer Kurt Vonnegut in the pages of the New Republic.

Published by HarperCollins since his 2002 thriller "Prey," Crichton was working on another novel during the illness before his death. HarperCollins' Jonathan Burnham said it was unknown whether the book could be published posthumously, since the writer never discussed his work before it was completed. "He was truly a unique talent," Burnham said. "A visionary thinker, a writer whose range of intellectual passion and curiosity was vast and a great and generous entertainer."

He is survived by his wife, Sherri, and daughter Taylor.


R.I.P. indeed.

He epitomized "The book was better than the movie"

The Lost World was an amazing book, and the movie was an amazing pile of dino shit.

This thread is so sad. :(

You beat me to it.

R.I.P.

HOLY SHIT
ALL of these ppl died? in 2008?


WOW!

RIP Mitchell.

This thread always brings down the mood. But it's nice to be able to pay our respects to people who truly deserve it.

Damn, RIP Mitch.

Does anyone else find it odd that Michael Crichton died "unexpectedly" of cancer? That just seems weird. Terminally ill cancer deaths are generally expected so that makes me wonder if he maybe decided to end it early (purely speculation. I hopen ot, but the wording in the obit I read just was very strange.).... Anyone know any more on that?

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On November 23 2008, Harrison Ford legendary star best known for his roles of Indiana Jones and Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise is still alive and well from what I can tell.
If he had died, I'd definitely liked to have said a few words.

Who said he's died?

Nobody, read the caption don't just look at the picture silly ferret.

He could have easily went undiagnosed and it was only caught when it was too late and spread through his entire body.

Yeh, it seemed to me like he was proving someone wrong. Oh well.

john mchael hayes