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Paul Newman, 1956.
The Scott Newman Foundation, later known as the Scott Newman Center, was established by Paul Newman in 1980 to educate the public about substance abuse.
Newman created the organization in honor of his son, who had tragically died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol in 1978.1