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Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill dies aged 78

Neill was a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" to playing Holly…

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Neill was a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" to playing Holly Hunter's husband in "The Piano." He was one of a host of actors and directors who achieved international fame after an explosion of Australian films that began in the late 1970s, a list that includes Paul Hogan, Mel Gibson, Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe, Jane Campion, Peter Weir and Gillian Armstrong. Neill's specific ailment was diagnosed as angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. The family said the star was “cancer-free.”.

Furthermore, He had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer: angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. “I’m not afraid of death,” he told the British Guardian at the time. We built all these beautiful terraces, we have these olive trees and cypresses.

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Neill was a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" to playing Holly Hunter's husband in "The Piano." He was one of a host of actors and directors who achieved international fame after an explosion of Australian films that began in the late 1970s, a list that includes Paul Hogan, Mel Gibson, Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe, Jane Campion, Peter Weir and Gillian Armstrong.
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Neill's specific ailment was diagnosed as angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
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The family said the star was “cancer-free.”
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He had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer: angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
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“I’m not afraid of death,” he told the British Guardian at the time.
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We built all these beautiful terraces, we have these olive trees and cypresses.
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The actor Sam Neill, famous for incarnating paleontologist Alan Grant in the cult film
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His death in Sydney was "sudden and unexpected," according to a statement posted to the actor's social media page.
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Neill also said he was planning to make a return to acting.
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Jurassic Park-acteur Sam Neill 78 overleden.
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Actor Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park, died at the age of 78.
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Neill had made his leukemia disease public in 2023.
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He died at the age of 78 Sam Neill, the unforgettable Alan Grant of Jurassic Park.
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However, his family said he remained cancer-free at the time of his death.
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De Nieuw-Zeelandse acteur Sam Neill is overleden op 78-jarige leeftijd.
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Neill revealed in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with an angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Neill was an actor of serene and versatile elegance, whose career went from author cinema to the great box office successes: from dodge..
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PAP/Avalon / PAP "With great sadness, Sam Neilla's family shares the news of his departure on Monday 13 July in Sydney in..
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