Alexandra Zacharios-Haight: Torn Curtain, Torn Heart (Ours): Paul Newman Leaves a Legacy of Change

Shockingly handsome in 1957, the world would soon learn of an inner beauty that burned brightly until yesterday. Graceful and dignified until the very end, Paul Newman will always serve as a model for how to live. Sharing the substantial rewards of celebrity far beyond Hollywood, New York and Westport was a way of life before it was fashionable. Waking to the news of his passing was stunning despite reports of his illness. Just yesterday, his only film with Hitchcock (and costarring Julie Andrews) was screened on Turner Classic Movies. I thought of him, remembered the news he was ill but felt if anyone could rally and defeat it, he could. That fabulous face His face could make you forget your troubles. When he approached a milestone birthday, I sat in my oncologist's waiting room so grateful to snatch up a magazine whose cover he graced. I read with great disbelief that Hud , Fast Eddie , Brick was 70. How could this be? I chuckled at his self deprecating humor and ... (link)