Deaths from lung cancer in Connecticut

Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars". He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, an Actor Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received the Academy Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

American actor (1922–2000)

American actress (1919–2001)

American actress (1928–2000)

US historian of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale (1923–2006)

Model, modeling agent

American actor (1942–2003)

American musician (1945–2008)

American children's writer and illustrator (1932–2016)

Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist

American actor, singer (1920-2000)

American composer (1928-1996)

English actor (1941-2014)

American cartoonist and children's book illustrator (pseudonym) (1906-1975)

Canadian actress (1937-2014)

American sinologist and historian

American university teacher (1932-1983)