Oscar winning Actor Paul Newman has hit out at reports that he is severly ill with cancer saying that he is 'doing nicely'.According to several reports in the U.S media the acting icon, 83, had been diagnosed with lung cancer and was undergoing out-patient treatment at a cancer clinic in New York."Newman says he's doing nicely," his spokesman, Jeff Sanderson, has said."This is what I got from him. He says he's doing nicely, and this is the statement I wanted to share with you, and that's what I have."I spoke to his office. ... this is the statement that came directly from him."A little over a year ago Newman announced that he was allbut retiring from acting after over fifty years in the industry.In his illustrious career he has made over sixty movies including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke and Hud.He secured nine Oscar nominations over the years, many for Best Actor, but only managed to win one for his reprisal of Fast Eddie Felson in 1986's The Colour of Money.

Away from the big screen the actor founded the Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donates all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million.

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