One of the all time greats, Paul Newman, has died. I just re-watched The Color of Money, his Oscar winning role, last weekend. This was an actor too great to be measured by winning an award though. One of the most charismatic screen icons, the moment he entered the frame the film became more interesting. The Hustler, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, The Verdict, The Color of Money, Road to Perdition, and these are just off the top of my head. The man was a legend. I don't like to think about him being gone though. I want to picture his last moments like the ending of Butch Cassidy. Trapped and surrounded, making one last run towards freedom and then frozen in an immortal freeze frame.
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