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Remembering Paul Newman

by Sandy Mitchell on September 27th, 2008

Paul Newman, the extraordinary actor, philanthropist, race-car driver, and pioneer in manufacturing healthy, no-frills food that tastes good, died yesterday (September 26, 2008) at his home in Connecticut of complications from lung cancer. He was 83.

Food lovers will remember Newman for his “Newman’s Own” food company, which he started in 1982 with his friend, A.E. Hotchner. The company started making just one product, a salad dressing using Newman’s personal recipe and branched into dozens of products, including snacks, salsa, pasta sauce, and lemonade. One hundred percent of the company’s after tax proceeds go to charitable causes, including the “Hole in the Wall Camp” that Newman founded for children with terminal illnesses. In this video from “Newman’s Own,” Newman talks about the company and the satisfaction he got from it over the years.

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