R.I.P. Paul Newman

Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 09.29.08 | 12:15 AM ET

Among his countless contributions to film, Newman voiced an elderly race car in one of our favorite travel race movies. For the legendary actor-philanthropist, it probably wasn’t a career highlight. But we enjoyed it.

Tags: Movies, R.I.P., News and Briefs

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.

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