Paul Newman is up there with Charlton Heston as one of best actors of the Twentieth Century. He may have held political views which many of us differ with. But he never once collaborated with the enemies of America(Hanoi Jane) or encouraged taxpayers and their nations to fork over tremendous sums of aid (Bono).
No Newman stated his opinion like every America, and used his immense wealth and businesses (like Newman's Own) to finance charities for lots of good causes like cancer research or summer camps for sick kids. Above politics, Newman was the definition of a class act.