Paul Newman, one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was an Oscar-winning actor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and race car driver.
Newman caught the bug in 1969 for racing when he did the movie "Winning". At 51 he started racing. He formed the Newman/Haas/Lanigan racing team in 1983, with famed racer Mario Andretti as the team's driver.
Newman earned nine acting Academy Award nominations and one for producing a best film contender, but won the statuette only once, as the aging pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson in the Chicago-made "The Color of Money," Martin Scorsese's sequel to 1961's "The Hustler," also staring Newman.
In 1982, the actor and his friend, writer A. E. Hotchner, started up the "Newman Own" company in a basement almost as a joke.
It was reported that the actor made plans for his charity work to continue after his death. Robert Forrester is Vice Chairman of the Newman's Own Foundation. He said Sunday that the actor began planning several years ago to make sure profits from his food company would always benefit charities worldwide. Newman and his company gave away more that $250 million.
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