By Ed Driscoll · June 11, 2008 09:22 AM
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Hollywood, Interrupted
The great Paul Newman, 83, apparently has terminal lung cancer:
Shawn Levy, an American film critic who has been writing a biography of the actor, said in a post on his blog Tuesday that Newman’s “next birthday is in January, and we can only hope he’ll make it. I suspect I’ll be writing an obituary before I hold a copy of my book in my hand.”
As
Libertas notes, "Sadly, Newman’s not denying the story", and has turned over ownership of his Newman’s Own food products line to charity.