Sad about Paul Newman - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T14:06:54Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:161282?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A161797&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm sad about him too. If mem…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-10-04:537324:Comment:1617972008-10-04T00:03:09.438ZJulie Lomoehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/julielomoe
I'm sad about him too. If memory serves correctly, my mother and I saw him on Broadway in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF when I was still a child. Ironically, I first learned about his death at a Mystery Writers of America/Sisters in Crime dinner in Albany last Saturday night. The author Julia Pomeroy was the one who told me. Sorry, Julia, but I'll always have this association - something like remembering where I was when I heard Kennedy or John Lennon had died.<br />
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I visited one of his Hole in the Wall…
I'm sad about him too. If memory serves correctly, my mother and I saw him on Broadway in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF when I was still a child. Ironically, I first learned about his death at a Mystery Writers of America/Sisters in Crime dinner in Albany last Saturday night. The author Julia Pomeroy was the one who told me. Sorry, Julia, but I'll always have this association - something like remembering where I was when I heard Kennedy or John Lennon had died.<br />
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I visited one of his Hole in the Wall camps for seriously ill children - the one in the Adirondacks - as part of the Mental Health Players, an improvisatory theatre troup. Wonderful place - sorry he wasn't there.<br />
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As someone who deals professionally and in fiction with end-of-life issues, I wonder why he was so guarded about going public with his terminal illness, although it was common knowledge in the tabloids. Perhaps he just didn't want the attention. My all-time favorite actor, a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-10-03:537324:Comment:1617622008-10-03T03:18:51.291ZJude Hardinhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
My all-time favorite actor, and one helluva human being. RIP, Paul.
My all-time favorite actor, and one helluva human being. RIP, Paul. He was just the coolest. I wa…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-09-27:537324:Comment:1612842008-09-27T21:26:01.263ZNick Lawlesshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/nickmor71
He was just the coolest. I was at the library today and saw Newman's piercing blue eyes staring at me from the cover of THE COLOR OF MONEY. Needless to say, I took him home with me. Maybe I'll pop THE HUSTLER into the DVD tonight and watch 'em back-to-back.
He was just the coolest. I was at the library today and saw Newman's piercing blue eyes staring at me from the cover of THE COLOR OF MONEY. Needless to say, I took him home with me. Maybe I'll pop THE HUSTLER into the DVD tonight and watch 'em back-to-back.