BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Paul Newman: "Screen legend Paul Newman has died from cancer, aged 83.
With his piercing blue eyes and laid back style, Paul Newman became one of the most recognised leading men in Hollywood.
But he always doubted his own acting ability, once claiming that 'I only got by on looks and energy.'
Paul Leonard Newman was born on 26 Jan 1925 in the Shaker Heights suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.
His father, Arthur, who ran a successful sports goods store, was Jewish while his mother Theresa came from a Slovakian Catholic family."
With his piercing blue eyes and laid back style, Paul Newman became one of the most recognised leading men in Hollywood.
But he always doubted his own acting ability, once claiming that 'I only got by on looks and energy.'
Paul Leonard Newman was born on 26 Jan 1925 in the Shaker Heights suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.
His father, Arthur, who ran a successful sports goods store, was Jewish while his mother Theresa came from a Slovakian Catholic family."
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