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Winning isn't everything.... it's just all there is.

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Paul Newman
Age: 83 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 26
Died: 2008
Died: September 26
Actor
Entrepreneur
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Racing Automobile Driver
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Paul Leonard Newman
Winning
Everything

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