We Hardly Knew Ye: Paul Newman

This one's hard to believe -- perpetually cool 'n' suave all-around swell guy Paul Newman is dead at 83. The sort of cat who seemed like he'd live forever, Newman bridged the Hollywood gap between Cary Grant and George Clooney, a beloved, highly respected, can-do-no-wrong actor who exuded both the savoir faire and the silly, often in the same role.

His handsome puss shall perpetually live on in my fridge, as it has for the past decade or so, on jars of his mushroom marinara.