In this Sept. 27, 2005 file photo, actor and race car driver Paul Newman gets out of his car after testing it on the track at Lime Rock Park Race Track in Lime Rock. Conn. Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died, a spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 83. Newman died Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, of cancer, spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic said. AP Photo logo AP Photo 50 months ago

In this Sept. 27, 2005 file photo, actor and race car driver Paul Newman gets out of his car after testing it on the track at Lime Rock Park Race Track in Lime Rock. Conn. Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died, a spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 83. Newman died Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, of cancer, spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic said.

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  1. Paul Newman's daughter Nell Newman, president and co-founder of Newman's Own Organics, visits the Flatbush Avenue McDonald's in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. Her father died a year ago at age 83.
  2. Paul Newman's daughter Nell Newman, president and co-founder of Newman's Own Organics, visits the Flatbush Avenue McDonald's in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. Newman was at the restaurant to kick off a regional tour celebrating her continued partnership with McDonald's. Her father died a year ago at age 83.
  3. Paul Newman's daughter Nell Newman, center, president and co-founder of Newman's Own Organics, talks with the two owners of the Flatbush Avenue McDonald's, Judy Young, left, and Aneka Young, right, in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. Newman was at the restaurant to kick off a regional tour celebrating her continued partnership with McDonald's. Her father died a year ago at age 83.
  4. Paul Newman, front, and his wife Cheryl, of Shelby Twp., Mich., polish their 1972 Chevy Nova that was on display during the annual Dream Cruise which spans a 16-mile stretch along Woodward Ave. on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009 in Ferndale, Mich. Automakers might be suffering, but for just a day, it looks like the glory days of car culture are back again in Michigan. More than 40,000 cruisers are driving down a 16-mile stretch of suburban Detroit Saturday in a celebration of the automotive heyday. About one million visitors are expected to watch.
  5. Nell Newman, president and co-founder of Newman's Own Organics, talks with a reporter while visiting the Flatbush Avenue McDonald's in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The daughter of late actor Paul Newman was at the restaurant to kick off a regional tour celebrating her continued partnership with McDonald's. Her father died a year ago at age 83.

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