Hollywood screen legend Paul Newman has died. The Oscar-winning leading man, known for his starring roles in films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, passed away after a lenghty battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, CT surrounded by his family and close friends late Friday. He was 83.

“He set the bar too high for the rest of us. Not just actors, but all of us.” – George Clooney

“He was my hero.” – Julia Roberts

“I was blessed to have known him. The world is better because of him. Sometimes God makes perfect people and Paul Newman was one of them.” – Sally Field, his costar in Absence of Malice