PAUL NEWMAN DEATH BED PLEA

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Robert Redford kept the deathbed promise he made to close friend Paul Newman – by finally marrying his fiancee, German abstract painter Sibylle Szaggars.

The couple, who have been dating since 1996, live together at Robert’s home in Sundance, Utah, and got engaged in May 2008. Redford, however, had been dragging his feet about setting a date until his Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid co-star urged him to take the before Paul died.

"It was a very emotional scene when they spoke – Bob was very choked up, but Paul seemed to be completely at peace," said a Newman family insider.

"Bob told Paul that he didn’t want to be alone when the end came, and Paul told him bluntly, ‘You don’t have to be. You have a wonderful woman in your life. Do the right thing and marry her!’

"Paul added, ‘You won’t regret it. I never have.’" Newman was married to Joanne Woodward for 50 years – that’s all Bob needed to hear!

 "After the ceremony, Robert raised a toast to Paul and praised him and Joanne for setting a great example," the Newman family insider divulged.