Paul Newman has reportedly told friends and crime syndicate he wants to die at habitation after being told he only has "a few weeks to live".
The Hollywood superstar - who is thought to be distress from terminal lung cancer - has now finished his chemotherapy sessions and has told wife Joanne Woodward and the couple's three daughters that he wants to spend his final years at his home instead than the New York cancer hospital where he was being treated.
A close family quaker told the MailOnline web site: "Paul didn't want to die in the infirmary. Joanne and their daughters are beside themselves with grief."
The 83-year-old actor - who co-owns a motor racing team - has reportedly started getting his business affairs in order in homework for his death.
The friend added: "He gave a prized gondola - a Ferrari with his racing number 82 on it - to a age pal. The sudden run angered his children. It's especially hard for them to total to grips with what's going on.
"The word they've been given is that he has only a few weeks to live."
As well as three daughters with Joanne, to wHO he has been married since 1958, Paul has two daughters with ex-wife Jackie Witte.
Paul is widely considered to be one of the greatest actors in Hollywood, having asterisked in classical movies including �Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', �The Sting', �The Hustler' and �Cool Hand Luke'.
Throughout his vocation, Paul has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won one of the prestigious awards for his part in �The Color of Money' in 1986.
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