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Chris Slycord
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posted 06-10-2008 12:26 AM

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Ailing Paul Newman 'suffering from lung cancer'
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Film legend Paul Newman is suffering from lung cancer, according to U.S. magazine reports.

The Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid actor, 83, has been suffering from ill health for many months and in May was forced to pull out of directing a production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men.

Two U.S. publications quote friends of the actor saying the former chain-smoker has been diagnosed with lung cancer at the New York’s Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, a few hours drive from his Connecticut home, where he lives his wife Joanne Woodward.
Paul Newman Connecticut state legislature's Judiciary Committee in Hartford Conn March 21, 2007

Ailing: Acting legend Paul Newman is reportedly suffering from lung cancer

A friend of the actor told the National Enquirer: 'We have known he is seriously ill for several weeks but his loved ones are being very protective and saying very little.'

Newman has denied previous cancer reports in March after he missed a fundraising event for his Hole in The Wall Gang children's charity.

The same month, he cancelled an appearance on U.S. talk show The Late Show With David Letterman.

His spokesperson played down his hospitalisation, insisting Newman was 'being treated for athlete’s foot and hair loss'.

A cancer patient was quoted in the New York Post newspaper in March that he had seen Newman at the oncologists regularly.

He said: 'He's been there a lot, he's even worked out in the waiting room, doing the squat thrusts. Last time, he was in there he had a long beard. (His wife) Joanne Woodward is there waiting for him and being very sweet with the assistants.'

Newman retired from acting last year, blaming his failing memory.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 06-10-2008 01:47 AM

He's still alive?

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Robert E. Allen
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posted 06-10-2008 03:13 PM

Where have you been lately Joe, locked in a booth? Yes Paul is still alive. But I'm afraid he may not be for long. He's always been one of my favorites and is one of the most charitable actors around. He's a very private man (unlike the current crop of actors you can read about in any scandal rag) who has been married to Joanne for more than 40 years (something that current crop doesn't seem to believe in). He also has a line of salad dressings and cookies ("Newman's Own") you'll find in most grocery stores and he gives all the proceeds to charity.

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 06-10-2008 03:30 PM

I think everybody over 50 is dead to Joe, unless they're famous...then it's everybody over 40.

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Tim Reed
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posted 06-10-2008 03:46 PM

I absolutely love Paul Newman's salsa and various salad dressings! Good stuff.

Sorry to hear about this turn of events, though.

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Mike Heenan
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posted 06-10-2008 04:14 PM

One of the classy actors.... they're dropping like flies [Frown]

Perhaps he should do a PSA like Yul Brynner, apparently Newman was a chainsmoker.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 06-10-2008 04:35 PM

I absolutely hate salad so I have no reason to keep tabs on him. I don't think he has been in a movie since before I was born.

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 06-10-2008 05:21 PM

Paul Newman movies since Joe was born (approximately)

Cars (2006) (voice) .... Doc Hudson
Where the Money Is (2000) .... Henry Manning
Message in a Bottle (1999) .... Dodge Blake
Twilight (1998) .... Harry Ross
Nobody's Fool (1994) .... Sully Sullivan
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) .... Sidney J. Mussburger
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) .... Walter Bridge
Blaze (1989) .... Gov. Earl K. Long
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) .... Gen. Leslie R. Groves
The Color of Money (1986) .... Fast Eddie Felson
Harry & Son (1984) .... Harry Keach
The Verdict (1982) .... Frank Galvin
Absence of Malice (1981) .... Michael Colin Gallagher
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) .... Murphy
When Time Ran Out... (1980) .... Hank Anderson

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Phil Hill
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posted 06-10-2008 05:32 PM

While not one of my favorite actors, I did like him in:

Fat Man and Little Boy
Harry & Son ...Hmmm, but mostly cuz Robby Benson is sooo cute!
The Towering Inferno
The Sting ...my favorite of his.
Cool Hand Luke
The Hustler

The rest of his films suck like his salad dressings! (Sorry Tim) HA!

Edit: I just opened a fortune cookie I got at lunch. It said: "YOU HAVE A CHARMING WAY WITH WORDS"

Obviously, Buddha and the gods know me well. [thumbsup]

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Joe Redifer
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posted 06-10-2008 06:54 PM

quote: Mike Blakesley
Paul Newman movies since Joe was born (approximately)

Wow, he's been in a lot of no-name movies I've never heard of! And I HATED "Cars".

I think I did see part of Hudsucker Proxy on TV in Spanish. Isn't that with Tim Robbins who goes from a low level employee then he murders Paul Newman and gets the top position or something? That looked weird and unentertaining.

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Tristan Lane
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posted 06-10-2008 09:44 PM

Sad news. He's a great actor and a better person.

Mike, it seems your listis missing one of his better recent films: "Road to Perdition"

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Monte L Fullmer
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posted 06-11-2008 04:46 AM

"The Sting" (1973) deserved every bit of the awards it won. It was great to see Newman and Redford team up again in that movie.

Lucas Tanner: "I was cuttin heads off of parking meters, cap'n"

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Richard Fowler
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posted 06-11-2008 10:46 AM

I worked on Harry and Son. Paul Newman is truly a humble and remarkable person.

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 06-11-2008 11:46 AM

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Wow, he's been in a lot of no-name movies I've never heard of!

It is true that most of his best-known work was pre-1985. I thought he did a great job in "The Towering Inferno" (1974)

You kids today are at a disadvantage...there are SO many really good movies from the past that there's not enough time to see them all and still lead a productive life.

I'm not sure why "Road to Perdition" isn't on the list - I might have accidentally cut it out when I was editing the TV material out of the list.

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Tim Reed
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posted 06-11-2008 11:55 AM

Aw, c'mon, guys... BUTCH CASSIDY and the SUNDANCE KID!!

Btw, Richard... what did you do on "Harry and Son"? Did you get screen credit? [Smile]

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