According to a report by PerezHilton.com, the 83-year-old Oscar winner has been diagnosed with lung cancer and is being treated at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
None of Newman’s family has commented on the news of his illness. However, a source close to the family revealed, “It’s so awful. He’s dying.”
Last month, Newman was forced to back out of the play Of Mice and Men, due to his illness. He said, "I’m very sorry I can’t be part of this Westport Country Playhouse production, but I leave ‘Of Mice and Men’ in Mark Lamos’ very capable hands with the full support of my wife, Joanne Woodward, and Anne Keefe as Playhouse artistic directors."