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9 August 2008 4:16 PM, PDT | From AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAWxLlrqxAU Ad Reader FilmBoyMichael writes in: I read a sad article today saying that Paul Newman has but weeks to live and has left the hospital to die at home. It immediately made me think of all the great films he has made over his 50+ year career. From Cool Hand Luke to Butch Cassidy, The Sting [...]

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8 August 2008 12:06 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Legendary actor Paul Newman has reportedly been given only weeks to live after allegedly completing chemotherapy treatment at a New York hospital.

The Oscar-winning actor, 83, was pictured being wheeled out of the Weill Cornell Medical Centre - which specialises in cancer treatment - looking thin and frail last week.

Rumours of his declining health and alleged lung cancer diagnosis surfaced earlier this year, following his withdrawal as director from a production of Of Mice and Men in his native Connecticut.

At the time of the reports, Newman's spokesman denied the actor had cancer.

But according to new claims, the star has spent the last few weeks arranging his business and personal affairs in preparation for his departure from the facility.

A source tells Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, "The sudden move angered his children. It's especially hard for them to come to grips with what's going on. The word they've been given is that he has only a few weeks to live."

Newman is best known for his roles in 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and 1967's Cool Hand Luke.

He has been nominated for 10 Oscars in his 50-year-long career, winning best actor for his role in The Color of Money in 1986.

Just last year, he announced his retirement, saying: "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me."

Newman and his wife, actress Joanne Woodward, share three daughters. He is also father to two daughters from his first marriage to Jackie Witte.

A spokesperson for the actor says Newman is "doing nicely", but has neither confirmed nor denied that he has cancer.

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13 June 2008 4:04 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Lifestyle queen Martha Stewart has dismissed talk of actor Paul Newman's deteriorating health, claiming he is "full of vim and vigor".

A Los Angeles Times article at the beginning of the week (beg09Jun08) reported the 83-year-old star had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, prompting a media frenzy about Newman's health.

The actor and his representatives have been playing down cancer reports since the beginning of the year, when a U.S. tabloid claimed Newman had just six months to live - but his spokesman insists the star is "doing fine".

And Stewart, who sparked fresh fears for Newman this week when she posted a photo of the star on her blog looking frail and gaunt, is doing her best to play down speculation about her pal.

Writing on her website, she says: "He is still full of vim and vigor, he is still Cool Hand Luke to me, and of course, my Butch Cassidy!"

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11 June 2008 5:30 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Paul Newman has responded obliquely to a number of published reports that say he is gravely ill with cancer, while a longtime business associate and friend of the star has confirmed that the 83-year-old screen hero is battling the disease. While not specifying the type of cancer, writer A.E. Hotchner, a founding partner in Newman's Own salad dressing company, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Newman first informed him about the health battle 18 months ago. On Tuesday, Newman's spokesman in Los Angeles, Jeff Sanderson, told Reuters and other media outlets: "Newman says he's doing nicely."Without elaborating, Sanderson added: "He says he's doing nicely,

Stephen M. Silverman

4 articles from 2008