Paul Newman to ‘Die at Home’, Has ‘Weeks to Live’ It may well be out of character for hecklerspray to be genuine twice in a day, but Paul Newman is a better reason than any to break with tradition. The 83-year-old has reportedly been told he has weeks to live following chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer and, when confronted with the news, he told doctors he wanted to die at home. Just as he has proven time and time again through his long life, Paul Newman is nothing less than a man's man - dictating where death is allowed to get its slimy mitts on him. While we did all hope that Newman would crack a pool cue over cancer's back, it would appear that the insidious little bastard of a disease has managed to one-up Butch Cassidy. While we hope to God, Allah, Buddah, Xenu and everyone else in-between that the reports are as inaccurate as the ones saying Bernie Mac was healthy, recent images of Newman have left us with little hope, showing the legend looking weak and frail - a shell of the man we at hecklerspray have a real love for.