LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Oscar-winning superstar Paul Newman has died of lung cancer at the age of 83, his family disclosed on Saturday.

    Newman died at his Connecticut home Friday following a long battle with cancer, the family said.

    His death was triggering reactions in Hollywood, as a red funeral wreath sits atop Paul Newman's star on Hollywood Boulevard.

Actor Paul Newman who starred as con-artist Henry Gondorff in the Academy Award-winning film "The Sting," is shown here playing poker in a scene from the film in this undated file photograph

Newman personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money."

    Dan Glickman, the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, praised Newman's career of "portraying scamps, louts and ne'er do wells..."

    "He was a master of his craft -- an artist respected and emulated by his peers and beloved by movie fans around the world," Glickman said.

    California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger praised Paul Newman as "the ultimate cool guy who men wanted to be like and women adored."

    "He was an American icon, a brilliant actor, a Renaissance man and a generous but modest philanthropist."

    The governor also praised Newman's charitable works, funded in part by Newman's hobby-turned-industry, gourmet food.

    Newman and his wife, actress Joanne Woodward, were last seen in public in New York City last month, when he left a hospital after therapy for lung cancer.

    As an actor, Newman started his career as an actor in theater and on television during the 1950s, and went on to become one of the world's most enduring and popular film stars, a legend held in awe by his peers. He was nominated for Academy Awards 10 times, winning one Oscar and two honorary ones, and had major roles in more than 50 motion pictures, including "Exodus," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Verdict," "The Sting" and "Absence of Malice."

    Newman is survived by his wife, five children, two grandsons and his older brother Arthur.