One more about Paul Newman Cancer
Paul Newman arrives at the American Ireland Fund Gala Dinner May 03, 2007 in NYC.
NEW YORK Paul Newman, who has recently appeared gaunt in photos and dropped plans to direct a play in his Connecticut hometown, is battling cancer, his longtime neighbor and business partner said Wednesday.
Oscar-winning actor and philanthropist Paul Newman died died on September 26, 2008, after a long battle with cancer.
The Oscar-winning actor, who has looked gaunt in recent public appearances, has cancer “in the lung area,” said A.E. Hotchner, who helped found the Newman’s Own salad dressing company.
“I know that it’s a form of cancer,” the AP quoted Hotchner as saying.
Paul Newman is battling cancer and is undergoing active treatments to combat the disease, a longtime friend said today.
Writer A.E. Hotchner, who partnered with Newman to start Newman’s Own salad dressing company in the 1980s, said the 83-year-old actor told him about the disease about 18 months ago.
Paul Newman’s friend and neighbor, A.E. Hotchner, is denying a reports that quote him as saying the 83-year-old actor has cancer.
He doesn’t say what kind of cancer, but said Newman is in active treatment.
Paul Newman, who has recently appeared gaunt in photos and dropped plans to direct a play in his Connecticut hometown, is battling cancer, his longtime neighbor and business partner said Wednesday.
In August 2008, reports surfaced that Paul Newman had completed chemotherapy treatments for cancer.
Newman was nominated for ten Oscars over the years, winning three, the first for the 1986 film The Color Of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Michael Brockman, Newman’s racing team partner, said Newman told him recently that he wants to get back into his race car for a test run and possibly another competition.
The Mail quoted an anonymous “friend” as saying the actor was getting his affairs in order, and that he had told his family he wished to die at home.
He finally lost his battle with lung cancer and died at his home in Westport, Connecticut yesterday.
Last month, officials at Connecticut’s Westport Country Playhouse cited unspecified health issues when they announced that Newman would not direct “Of Mice and Men” this fall.
Martha Stewart, in an entry dated June 6, posted a photo on her blog of herself with the actor, who looked thin, at a luncheon to benefit the Hole in the Wall Gang camps for critically ill children.
Michael Brockman, one of Newman’s racing team partners, said Newman told him recently that he wants to get back into his race car for a test run and possibly another competition.
Newman appeared to have lost weight when he was photographed at the Indianapolis 500 auto race last month.
Newman’s health has been under speculation after he cancelled several appearances and appeared gaunt in a photo with Martha Stewart that ran on her Web site.
A spokesman said Newman died at his home in Westport, Connecticut, surrounded by his family and friends.
Legendary actor Paul Newman passed away yesterday at the age of 83.
The Oscar winner appeared to have lost weight when he was photographed during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race last month.
Newman had recently finished chemotherapy and was spending his final days at home with friends and family, including his wife, Joanne Woodward, the actor and philanthropist at his farmhouse home near Wesport, Conn.
The Oscar winner appeared to have lost weight when he was photographed at a practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race last month.
Newman’s Own, which began as a joke, grew into a multimillion-dollar business selling popcorn, salad dressing, spaghetti sauce and other foods.
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Strangely enough I was recently considering writing a Cinematic Revival article about Paul Newman as I had been revisiting several of his earlier films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, The Verdict, Slap Shot and many others.
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