Remembering Paul Newman

Paul Newman, the extraordinary actor, Shaker Heights native, 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.

Newman won an Academy Award for his work in "Color of Money" as well as two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy. His more than 60 films include "Hud," "The Hustler," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," and "The Long Hot Summer."

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.