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Alan Scott Newman (September 23, 1950 – November 20, 1978) was an American film and television actor and stuntman whose most prominent roles were in The Towering Inferno and Breakheart Pass. He was the only son and the eldest child of actor Paul Newman.
Scott Newman (1950-1978) was an actor who appeared in The Towering Inferno, The Great Waldo Pepper and Breakheart Pass. He died of an accidental overdose in 1978 and his parents Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward founded the Scott Newman Foundation.
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Scott Newman was an actor and the son of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. He died in 1978 from a drug overdose and his parents founded the Scott Newman Foundation to prevent drug abuse.
- September 23, 1950
- November 20, 1978
Aug 27, 2023 · Paul Newman was a Hollywood legend and a devoted family man, but he was never the same after his son Scott died of a drug overdose in 1978. The actor blamed himself, questioned his role as a father, and struggled with his own addiction issues.
Jul 22, 2022 · Scott Newman was the eldest son of actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward, but he struggled with substance abuse and had a strained relationship with his father. He died in 1978 at age 28 from an accidental overdose of alcohol and tranquilizers in a hotel room.