Even with the rightfully due tributes to his handsome looks and excellent acting, I am most impressed with all the tributes to Paul Newman's love of his family and his humanitarian endeavors.
I especially liked the references to his stunning blue eyes--"aquamarine gaze-blazers" (on Slate.com) and "Windex-blue" (in the L. A. Times).
The L. A. Times obituary is especially impressive, and, of course, mentions his "Newman's Own"-based philanthropy:
"As a result of his business success, Newman donated more than $250 million to 1,000 groups, including the Scott Newman Center -- devoted to anti-drug education -- and several Hole in the Wall Gang camps, designed for children with life-threatening diseases, with locations in France, Ireland and Israel as well as the U.S. Every summer, Newman stayed at the original camp in Ashford, Conn., where he told ghost stories and staged shows with other celebrities for children who knew him only as the face on the lemonade carton."
Indeed a life well lived.
(Photo from the trailer for the film Exodus (1960).)
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