Hollywood legend Paul Newman dies of cancer age 83

September 27, 2008 American actor died on Friday at age 83 of cancer. He pulled out of directing a stage production of John Steinbeck's  in Connecticut because of unspecified health problems.

Newman starred in his first film in 1954 when he appeared as Basil in . Later in his career he starred in several films including ', ', ' and '. He won an Oscar for best actor in 1987 for his appearance in . This was his only Oscar win but was nominated a total of 10 times. He also worked as both a director and a producer. He also voiced the part of Doc Hudson in the 2006 Pixar film 

Newman married actress in 1958; they had three children. He was previously married with three other children. His son Scott from his first marriage died in 1978 of a drug overdose. He set up a center for drug abuse in memory of his son. Newman opened up his own company,, which made a line of food products including , , and others. He donated all of the company's profits to charity.

Newman retired in May 2007. He told broadcaster ABC "I'm not able to work anymore... at the level that I would want to."