{"id":6340,"date":"2026-07-13T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:16:56","slug":"sam-neill-heartbreakingly-spoke-out-about-being-cancer-free-just-months-before-his-death-aged-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/13\/sam-neill-heartbreakingly-spoke-out-about-being-cancer-free-just-months-before-his-death-aged-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Neill heartbreakingly spoke out about being cancer-free, just months before his death aged 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Sam Neill, the actor best known for starring in Jurassic Park, has died aged 78.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A statement shared on Neill&#8217;s social media confirmed he died on Monday in Sydney. It described his death as &#8220;sudden and unexpected&#8221; and said he had &#8220;remained cancer free&#8221; at the time of his death. No cause of death has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DauK0SrT6uJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DauK0SrT6uJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by SamNeillTheProp (@samneilltheprop)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Neill revealed in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with stage-three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He first spoke publicly about his diagnosis in his memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, explaining that he had been undergoing treatment while writing the book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/mar\/17\/sam-neill-cancer-memoir-interview\">The Guardian<\/a> in 2023, he reflected on living with cancer, saying: &#8220;I can&#8217;t pretend that the last year hasn&#8217;t had its dark moments. But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Earlier this year, Neill shared the positive news that he was cancer-free after taking part in a clinical trial for CAR T-cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy used to treat certain blood cancers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6342\" style=\"width: 914px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6342\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-11.11.15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"914\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-11.11.15.png 914w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-11.11.15-768x617.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Gourley\/Publishd\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/sam-neill-reveals-cancer-battle-and-fight-for-life-saving-treatment-access-c-22195450\">Australia&#8217;s 7News<\/a>, Neill explained that chemotherapy had initially kept the disease under control before it stopped working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been living with a particular type of lymphoma for about five years and I was on chemotherapy, <span class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\" data-placeholder-token=\"true\">[which is]<\/span> pretty miserable business but it was keeping me alive,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">When the treatment became ineffective, Neill admitted: &#8220;I was at a loss and it looked like I was on the way out \u2013 which wasn&#8217;t ideal obviously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">He then joined a clinical trial in Australia testing CAR T-cell therapy for his form of lymphoma. Following the treatment, he received life-changing news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve just had a scan just now and there is no cancer in my body, that&#8217;s an extraordinary thing,&#8221; Neill said. &#8220;I&#8217;m very, very excited that this can happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6343\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6343 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-11.12.08.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1510\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-11.12.08.png 1510w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-11.12.08-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-11.12.08-768x558.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1510px) 100vw, 1510px\" 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