One more star in heaven...

Paul Newman passed away yesterday, after a long battle with cancer.

He was a pretty classy guy, great actor, director, producer and philanthropist.

That is so strange...we are watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. My husband was just talking about Paul Newman as I was logging on here and poof I saw One more star in Heaven. Thanks for letting us know!

i usually don't care much when celebrities die; they're just pretty people i've never met.  but i have to admit, this one made me sad.  it's kind-of the end of an era (well, at least redford is still hanging in there).

I cried when I heard this.....i watched Butch Cassidy when I was 7 years old and I''ve loved him every since! He's amazing....and in the sting.....unbelievabe.

I have always had a huge crush on Paul Newman, this news made me sad too.  He was a great actor and a great person too.

I'm with you pg- I must say this one and Jimmy Stewart and George Carlin are deaths that I was sorry to hear about

I'm pleased he won't be fighting it anymore, but I am sad that he is gone, man I loved his eyes. I've been a huge fan all my life....One of the very best in more ways than one. RIP.

He was my favorite actor.  He could play any part and he was so generous and kind to others in his personal life.  He'll be missed.

I just read this satire piece he wrote for the New York Times in 2003, reprinted on the Opinion page today. He had an amazing sense of humor and of the ridiculous.  What an amazing human being.

Paul Newman Is Still HUD

By PAUL NEWMAN

Published: August 19, 2003

The Fox News Network is suing Al Franken, the political satirist, for using the phrase ''fair and balanced'' in the title of his new book. In claiming trademark violation, Fox sets a noble example for standing firm against whatever.

Unreliable sources report that the Fox suit has inspired Paul Newman, the actor, to file a similar suit in federal court against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, commonly called HUD. Mr. Newman claims piracy of personality and copycat infringement.

In the 1963 film ''HUD,'' for which Mr. Newman was nominated for an Academy Award, the ad campaign was based on the slogan, ''Paul Newman is HUD.'' Mr. Newman claims that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, called HUD, is a fair and balanced institution and that some of its decency and respectability has unfairly rubbed off on his movie character, diluting the rotten, self-important, free-trade, corrupt conservative image that Mr. Newman worked so hard to project in the film. His suit claims that this ''innocence by association'' has hurt his feelings plus residuals.

A coalition of the willing -- i.e., the Bratwurst Asphalt Company and the Ypsilanti Hot Dog and Bean Shop -- has been pushed forward and is prepared to label its products ''fair and balanced,'' knowing that Fox News will sue and that its newscasters will be so tied up with subpoenas they will only be able to broadcast from the courtroom, where they will be seen tearing their hair and whining, looking anything but fair and balanced, which would certainly be jolly good sport all around.

Paul Newman, an actor, is chief executive of Salad King.