RIP Cool Hand Luke
Crappy news, Paul Newman has died from cancer at the age of 83. From CNN:
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 Gang camps — has given away more than $200 million. Newman established the camp to benefit gravely ill children.
Here’s one of the great scenes from my favorite Newman movie, Cool Hand Luke:
My Dad says the line “What we have here is a failure to communicate” all the time. You will be missed Mr. Newman.
Holla at me