Paul Newman - who is thought to be suffering from terminal lung cancer - has reportedly told friends and family he wants to die at home.
Paul Newman has reportedly told friends and family he wants to die at home after being told he only has "a few weeks to live".
The Hollywood superstar - who is thought to be suffering from terminal lung cancer - has now finished his chemotherapy sessions and has told wife Joanne Woodward and the couple's three daughters that he wants to spend his final days at his home rather than the New York cancer hospital where he was being treated.
A close family friend told the MailOnline website: "Paul didn't want to die in the hospital. Joanne and their daughters are beside themselves with grief."
The 83-year-old actor - who co-owns a motor racing team - has reportedly started getting his business affairs in order in preparation for his death.
The friend added: "He gave a prized car - a Ferrari with his racing number 82 on it - to a long-time pal. 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."
As well as three daughters with Joanne, to who he has been married since 1958, Paul has two daughters with ex-wife Jackie Witte.
Paul is widely considered to be one of the greatest actors in Hollywood, having starred in classic movies including ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', ‘The Sting', ‘The Hustler' and ‘Cool Hand Luke'.
Throughout his career, Paul has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won one of the prestigious awards for his role in ‘The Color of Money' in 1986.
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The guy (Paul Newman) had a great life, he leaves an immortal body of work. Of course his family is sad, but at his age, death is in the natural order of life (my mum is the same age and has been in hospital since Xmas, my dad passed 3 years ago just days from his 80th.. you want them to live forever but you know it can't happen).
Young lives in their prime, like Heath Ledger since we're in the acting subject, are far more unexpected and tragic.
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I am glad he is deciding to pass away at his home. He can be surrounded just by the people that he wants in a place that he loved and feels comfortable in.
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punkdavid wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
The guy's in his 80's. Death happens to a lot of people at that age.
wow...
you're a bigger douche than I ever would have imagined
Why? This is sad, but it's not a tragedy.
when good people leave the world, the world is left with a void where that good once existed. this has nothing to do with the age of the person, it has to do with what the world is like while that person is there and what it is in their absence. Now go watch It's a Wonderful Life again and then go to your room without any supper.
The guy's in his 80's. Death happens to a lot of people at that age.
wow...
you're a bigger douche than I ever would have imagined
Why? This is sad, but it's not a tragedy.
when good people leave the world, the world is left with a void where that good once existed. this has nothing to do with the age of the person, it has to do with what the world is like while that person is there and what it is in their absence. Now go watch It's a Wonderful Life again and then go to your room without any supper.
I can't really tell if you're being humorous or not, but in the event that you are not, thanks for standing up to him with me
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