Actor Sam Neill passed away at the age of 78 from pneumonia, it has been confirmed.
Neill’s manager, Philip Grenz, told TMZ that the Jurassic Park star had succumbed to the illness.
Prior to becoming sick, he battled lymphoma with success after undergoing CAR-T therapy, a new treatment, his manager confirmed.
In 2023, Neill disclosed that he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
He died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor’s social media page.
His death was ‘sudden and unexpected,’ the statement said, adding that he ‘remained cancer-free’ at the time of his death.
‘Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterized his whole life,’ his family wrote.
Neill’s family is putting together a small memorial service at his farm in New Zealand, with a select number of friends and relatives set to attend.
