FOXNews.com is reporting that the legendary Paul Newman died on Friday at is farmhouse near Westport, CT, 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 terminal lung cancer.
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It's been reported that he quit smoking 30 years ago.
Newman appeared in about 60 movies during his lifetime, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, and acted alongside legends like Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and, most famously, Robert Redford. He was nominated for Academy Awards 10 times.
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. Today, such attraction has declined.
Recent studies have shown that smoking in movies is the most powerful pro-tobacco influence on kids today, accounting for 52% of adolescents who start smoking.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Paul Newman's family and friends. Please leave your thoughts and tributes to the actor below.
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