Saturday, September 27, 2008

Cool Hand

Even though we all must die sometime (at least that's what they tell me, i am still trying to figure out a way around this) it doesn't make it any less tragic that Paul Newman has died. It hurts my poor little over worked heart. Not only was he one of my favorite actors, but he was one of the finest actors in the history of Hollywood and more importantly the greatest man in Hollywood. He wasn't just a ridiculous good looking man that made ridiculously great movies (i.e. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, The Verdict, Road To Perdition etc. etc.) but he was a true humanitarian. This year marked His 50th wedding anniversary to his wife. Yes, 50 years. He donated tens of millions of dollars of his own money to charities, and the company he founded with his original salad dressings, donates ALL of it's profits to charities. His company has donated approximately 178 MILLION dollars to charity. He is one of those people that i obviously never knew, but wish i did. If you have never seen Butch Cassidy, The Sting, or Cool Hand Luke this should be made a top priority. It's tragic, and even more tragic that we must lose the Paul Newman's of the world and still be riddled with the Shia Labeouf's and Lindsay Lohan's.

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