The Two Major Regrets Paul Newman Had at the Time of His

No one’s life is perfect all the way through. For all of the amazing things Paul Newman accomplished in his life and his career, he still had two big regrets that he wished he could change. Surprisingly, they weren’t winning more Oscars or excelling further in his career – his regrets had to do with his family.
a motorcycle accident and other illegal substances that contributed to his accidental overdose and death in 1978. He was only 28 years old. Newman wished that he and his son had been closer. “I knew he drank too much and [medicated] himself, but I didn’t know how to open a door into him,” Newman later said. “I don’t think I ever hugged Scott or patted him on the arm or back or rump — the things fathers do.”

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After his son’s death, Newman started the Scott Newman Foundation in 1980, which provides education about substance abuse.

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