what kind of cancer was paul newman suffering from?
An older article from the Telegraph (pre-death): “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. 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
