NEWMAN RIP, BUT COOL HAND LUKE LIVES!

• A GREAT ACTOR.
• A GREAT HUMANITARIAN.
• AND A DECENT LEFTIE.
• NEWMAN SUPPORTED - AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS - A WHOLE SLEW OF LEFT-WING CAUSES.
• BUT NEVER WITH THE ASININE RANCOR OF SEAN PENN AND TIM ROBBINS AND THE LIKE.
• DECADES AGO I TENDED BAR - AS A VOLUNTEER - AT A FUNDRAISER FOR RAMSEY CLARK (YES, REALLY - I TOLD YOU WAS A LEFTIE ONCE!.
• NEWMAN WAS A GUEST OF HONOR.
• AND A TRUE GENTLEMAN. UNASSUMING, GLAD TO HELP. WARM.
• I WAS STRUCK BY HOW HE WAS SMALL IN PHYSICAL STATURE.
• IT'S AMAZING HOW LARGE A PERSONA HE WAS ABLE TO PROJECT ON THE SCREEN.
• THAT'S TALENT.
• A TALENT WHICH IS VERY SHORT SUPPLY IN HOLLYWOOD.

PAUL NEWMAN: RIP, BABY!