Legendary American actor Paul Newman passed away on Friday from lung cancer. He died on his farm in Connecticut, surrounded by family and friends, at the age of 83.
A serious illness in the actor, who was called the owner of the most famous blue eyes in the history of cinema, was discovered earlier this year. At New York's Cancer Center, Newman underwent a chemotherapy examination, but the doctors were not successful: they had to admit that only a few weeks remained for the actor to live. Upon learning about this, Paul refused treatment and asked him to write it home to spend this time with friends and relatives. In addition, he needed to tidy his will.
Newman was born January 26, 1925 in Cleveland. The first major kinorol in the historical film "The Silver Bowl" (1954) was met with criticism by bayonets. A couple of years, he replaced the untimely dead Jameson Dean, played the role of boxer Rocky Graziano in the movie "Someone in heaven loves me." From this moment to Newman came fame. His acting career lasted half a century and ended in 2007. His most famous films are "The Cat on the Hot-Roof" (1958), "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid" (1969), "Afera" (1973), "Hell in the Sky" (1974). He was nominated ten times for the Oscar, of which 8 were nominated for Best Actor. His first "Oscar" Newman received for his role in Martin Scorsese's film "The Color of Money" (1986). In addition, Paul Newman is the owner of the "Oscar" for his contribution to filmmaking. He also produced 10 paintings and screenwriter in six more.
Newman was widely known for his civic position. US President Richard Nixon included Paul, the only one of all filmmakers, on his famous list of "20 personal enemies." In February 2008, the actor was going to try his hand at the theater: he planned to stage the play "On mice and people" based on the same story by John Steinbeck, but did not have time.