On this day 14 years ago in 2008 legendary Oscar winning american actor Paul Newman died aged 83.
Husband of actress Joanne Woodward, Paul had six children , three by his first marriage, three by his second to Joanne. He outlived his only son Scott Newman who died of a drugs overdose in 1978.
Some of his best known films include Cat on a hot tin roof (1958) opposite Elizabeth Taylor, The Hustler (1961) with Piper Laurie , The Color of money (1986) alongside Tom Cruise, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid(1969) with Robert Redford and Katharine Ross, Sweet bird of Youth (1962) , Cool Hand Luke(1967) costars including George Kennedy and Dennis Hopper, The Towering Inferno (1974) and Road to Perdition (2002) opposite Tom Hanks.
Often cited as one of the best movie stars and actors of the 20th century .