Paul Newman – a hero is born (a personal memoir) May 17, 2015Home, North, Terrific people1968, 356A cabriolet, Butch Cassidy, Connecticut, Cool Hand Luke, Eugene McCarthy, memoir, Newman's Own, Paul Newman, Porsche, Volkswagen Beetle, Westport By Ned White My brief unforgettable 1968 encounter with a master of food, fast cars, and the acting art – Paul Newman, the shameful collapse of a new relationship because of it, and what I could have (should have) learned from it all.