Article posted: 10/13/2012 7:42 AM

Man finds suit he believes belonged to Paul Newman

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Peter Gamlen poses in a suit he found in the basement of his apartment in New Haven, Conn. Gamlen believes the suit, that bears a tag with the name Paul Newman in it, may have belonged to actor.

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A tailor's tag with the name "Paul Newman" is seen on a suit found by Peter Gamlen in the basement of his apartment in New Haven, Conn.

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Peter Gamlen holds a photograph of actor Paul Newman that he found in a suit discarded in the basement of his apartment in New Haven, Conn.

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A man renting an apartment in a Victorian house in Connecticut was poking around the basement when he was surprised to find some fine clothes stuffed in a trash bag. A tailor’s tag listing the client’s name on one of the suits startled him even more. “Paul Newman. January 1986.”