RIP Paul Newman

May you enjoy the next life coaching the Minnesota Nighthawks... RIP to a great person.

 

Reg Dunlap, Henry Gondorff, Butch Cassidy, Fast Eddie Felson, and of course, Cool Hand Luke.

This sucks. The Sting, Butch & Sundance and Cool Hand Luke are all among my all-time Top 10.

Here's the AP obit, by the way:

http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/Movies/Obit_Newman.html

 

He was great in The Verdict.

 

Here's the poker scene from The Sting. Phenomenal, both Newman and Robert Shaw:

 

He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Luke smile of his. He had it on his face right to the very end. Hell, if they didn't know it 'fore, they could tell right then that they weren't a-gonna beat him. That old Luke smile. Oh, Luke. He was some boy. Cool Hand Luke. Hell, he's a natural-born world-shaker.

RIP, and thank you.

 

RIP Coach Dunlop ... let 'em know you're there.

 

The world is a lesser place today.

 

Here's three from that one:

The 50 eggs scene:

The car wash (mildly NSFW):

And Luke singing "Plastic Jesus":

 

Bit of trivia from that scene. The big guy played "Lurch" in The Addams Family.

"Boy, I got vision and the rest of the world's wearing bifocals.

 

I hope Paul brings his fucking toys with him.

 

Get yourself a sweet Madonna, dressed in rhinestones sittin' on a pedestal of abalone shell.

Going 90, I ain't scary
Cause I got the Virgin Mary assurin' me that I won't go to Hell.

RIP, sir, and thank you.