People, Apr. 14, 1975

"It's the way I always take a picture with my fish," insisted Actor Paul Newman, 50, after hanging upside down from a hook in Islamorada, Fla. Newman, on a weekend vacation with Daughter Nell, 15, had landed a 273-lb. hammerhead shark from the Gulf Stream waters off Florida's southern coast. Back on the dock, he decided to try a variation of the traditional angler's photograph with his trophy. Then, his hang-ups resolved, Newman announced that he planned to mount the shark's head "and send it to my dentist." -

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