Hollywood movie legend Paul Newman

has died at the age of 83 after a long

battle with cancer.

Paul Newman in Alfred Hitchcock's film 'Torn Curtain'

Spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic said Newman died yesterday.

Newman finished chemotherapy treatment for cancer in August and

it was widely reported in the US that he had only weeks to live.

In June of this year, a neighbor and business partner said the actor told

him about the disease the previous year.

In May, Newman pulled out of directing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and

Men for unspecified health reasons.

I know this is not Sci-Fi news, but I thought he was a great actor and felt

the need to post this! He did do a science fiction film called Quintet in 1979!