Paul Newman has been cremated in a private funeral service.
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The Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid actor – who died on Friday (26.09.08) after losing his battle with cancer – was remembered in a small ceremony attended by friends and family, according to his former business partner A. E. Hotchner.
When Hotchner was asked about the funeral, he replied to the New York Post: “It’s all over!”
Hotchner, who started Newman’s Own food business with Paul, also revealed the company are planning to give away a further $26 million to a “wide variety of charities”. The business has already donated $150 million to good causes.
When asked what he remembered most fondly about Paul, who passed away aged 83, Hotchner said: “The great fun we had – the mischief. Everything we did was a lark.”
Meanwhile, Julia Roberts, Sean Penn and Tom Hanks will honour Paul’s work in a special tribute on October 27.
The event, which will also feature Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis and Billy Crystal, will see the stars perform a reading of The World of Nick Adams – Hotchner’s adaptation of several Ernest Hemingway stories.
Proceeds from the reading to be held at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall will go to the Painted Turtle, a US camp for seriously ill teens, which belongs to Paul’s Hole in the Wall camps.
