Actor Sam Neill, best known for his role in the Jurassic Park franchise, bid farewell to the world on July 13, 2026. He recently announced himself as cancer-free; however, two months after his announcement, the actor passed away at the age of 78. His family confirmed the news of his sudden death as unexpected but ruled out cancer as the reason behind it.
Sam Neill revealed how he got to know about his cancer
Sam was diagnosed with cancer in 2022, and he detailed it in his 2023 memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This? In an interview with the Guardian, Sam spoke about his cancer at length. The actor revealed how he learned about it and shared that the shocking news came when he noticed swollen glands during a press conference for Jurassic World Dominion in Los Angeles.
Within weeks, he was taking chemotherapy for stage three blood cancer. To be specific, the actor was diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. It was while he was taking treatment for cancer that the actor decided to pen his emotions, which eventually turned into a book. While the treatment was underway, writing came to him as a saviour, giving him a reason to live. Though he wrote the book while getting treated for cancer, the actor refused to call it a cancer book.
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