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Paul Newman has told his family he wants to die at home, according to new US reports.

The Oscar-winning actor has completed his chemotherapy but has told his family he has weeks to live.

Newman was recently pictured leaving the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York in a wheelchair and reports say that he wants to be with wife Joanne Woodward and his daughters in his final weeks.

“He didn’t want to die in the hospital,” said a close family friend. “Joanne and his daughters are beside themselves with grief.”

It was reported that the star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has been putting his affairs in order. The source, described as a ‘close family friend’ said that the star – who co-owns a motor racing team and has his own salad dressing brand – had spent the past few weeks getting his affairs in order.

His decision to give away his favourite car, a Ferrari, to a friend was also said to have angered his children, who are finding it hard to accept that their father may be dying.

“The sudden move angered his children,” said the source. “It’s especially hard for them to come to grips with what’s going on.”

The actor, who was nominated for ten Oscars and won Best Actor for The Color of Money, retired from acting in 2007. The first rumours that Newman was ill surfaced in January.