One of the first blog posts I ever wrote was my Top 10 men who sadly are fictional. But there was one man I thankfully didn’t have to put on that list because Paul Newman was in every way real.
He was a real movie star.
He was one half of a real love.
He was a real gentleman.
He was a real humanitarian.
He was a real talent.
He was a real heartthrob.
He was a real hero in many, many ways.
And, sadly, today he is no longer with us.
The first book I ever wrote has never been published, but in my mind it has already made into a movie and Paul Newman is starring.
The Heist/Kat book is still a first draft, but every time I read it I see Paul Newman as Kat’s Uncle Eddie, the family patriarch and one of my favorite characters I’ve ever written.
I don’t want to imagine a world without Paul Newman. But more than that I don’t want to imagine a world where he, and men like him, were only fictional.
No one could have written a better man. No one. And he will be sorely missed.
-Ally
ps…I hate to think that there are people out there who are going to have to ask the question “who is Paul Newman”, but if you somehow aren’t familiar with his life and his work then I highly recommend you spend some quality time at your video store or on Netflix checking out classics like THE STING.
Or that you read some of the hundreds of articles that will no doubt be out in the coming days.
So please don’t ask “who is Paul Newman”. Instead, please take this chance to learn about him and be more like him.