Paul Newman Sick

I've been reading for the past week or so that there's speculation Paul Newman is really sick. Publicly, he's making light of it - but people are talking. The word I'm hearing is "cancer." I hope it's not true.
(This is an old pic of Mr. Newman - from way back. Wasn't he somethin'??)


WE reported that Paul Newman was absent from his Hole in the Wall Gang charity party on Monday night because, according to his rep, "he's been having trouble with his back." Newman has quipped he's being "treated for athlete's foot and hair loss." But sadly, the legendary star's health problems might be more serious. For the past seven months he's been seeing an Upper East Side oncologist whose confi-dentiality we are protecting. "He's been there a lot, he's even worked out in the waiting room, doing squat thrusts. Last time, he was in there he had a long beard," said our spy. "Joanne Woodward is there waiting for him and being very sweet with the assistants."
(Source: PageSix.com)