I just saw The Verdict again a couple of days ago. I remember an interview many years ago when he was at the height of his enthusiasm for racing, and he was asked what he thought were the most beautiful things he'd ever experienced. One of them was "The sound of a Cosworth racing engine." I just said, "My man." If you've ever heard one perfectly tuned, it really does have a unique perfection to it, like mechanical poetry, both on the bench and travelling past you at 145 mph.
And to think: this guy sold billions of dollars worth of the highest quality products in the free market, and donated every bit of the profits and royalties, totaling more than a quarter billion dollars, to worthy charities and philanthropic institutions. And from what I understand, his love for his wife, Joanne Woodward, knew no bounds. You could always tell they were in love in every movie they ever made together -- even when they were supposed to be enemies like in Empire Falls, or temporary adversaries like in The Long Hot Summer. And she still lights up whatever room she walks into. I just hope her grieving becomes manageable very soon. Do you all remember that charity auction they attended a couple decades ago where Joanne vamped it up modeling a very expensive fur coat that was on the auction block, he bought it for some huge sum, then donated it back to be auctioned off a second time -- all so he could see his wife "do her thing" in it? Now that's class. A class act that none are sure to follow any time soon. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 7:55 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RIP Paul Newman > > Man, what a great guy...fantastic actor, superb racecar driver/owner, > and > philanthropist. Kind of ironic that he dies of cancer. Where were you > on > that one, Karma? > Weird - I watched Slap Shot last weekend, and saw Cool Hand Luke twice > this > week when it was on Mojo... > > RIP, my friend. You were one of the few Hollywood stars I can say I am > 100% > proud of and glad to have been able to enjoy on and off the big screen. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271147 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
