Paul Newman Passed Away in Westport, Connecticut After a Long Battle with CancerPaul Newman, one of the greatest actors of our time, has passed away at the age of 83. Newman had been fighting a continued battle with cancer, and had gone back to his home in Westport, Connecticut. This is where he was when he died on Friday, taking away one of Hollywood’s greats.Newman has been one of those iconic type actors, where he was always bigger than the films he was in, always bringing with him a certain charisma and charm that simply jumped off the screen. He became quite famous in the 1950′s, and then put out huge hits like The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Sting. Along the way he achieved a lot of box office success, and with that cam numerous nominations and successes for cinematic awards. At the end of his career he was moving behind the directors chair, but could also be heard as the voice of characters in such films as Pixar’s Cars, where he played the old Hudson Hornet.His career spanned many years, attaining him nominations for Oscars as best actor in Nobody’s Fool, The Color of Money, The Verdict, Absence of Malice, Cool Hand Look, Hud, The Hustler, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also took home a Best Supporting Actor Nomination for his role in the Tom Hanks vehicle Road to Perdition. He only one one award though, taking home the 1987 Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his part in The Color of Money. It didn’t tarnish his reputation as a leading man to only take home one Oscar though, as his body of work really stands up there with the best actors we have seen grace the screen.
