What type of cancer killed actor Paul Newman at age 83?”
Lung cancer has been thrust into the spotlight again after the death of legendary actor and philanthropist Paul Newman at the age of 83. Newman died Friday only a few months after pictures surfaced of him looking frail and thin as he was wheeled from the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, where he was said to be receiving treatment for lung cancer. During Newman’s rise to fame in the 1950s, cigarette smoking was used in the movies and on television to convey masculinity, sophistication and sex appeal. Late in his career, Newman — who at one time was considered a heavy smoker — famously quipped, “It’s absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.” It’s been reported that he quit smoking some 30 years ago. But although stopping does help curb damage to your lungs as the years pass, the chance of getting lung cancer is never completely gone. “The risk continues for at least 10 more years even after you’ve quit,” Dr. Len Horovitz, a p
