The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana

As a lover and student of film, I am experiencing the saddest day I've known for a long, long time. Paul Newman has died. He was 83, and he was more than an actor. He was an American icon, every bit as much as John Wayne or James Dean. You need only watch "Cool Hand Luke" or "The Hustler" to see it. And after all that, he became a philanthropist of epic proportions, with his Newsman's Own line of products. It's just sad, sad, sad.