Sam Neill, NZ screen icon and Jurassic Park star, dies at 78
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Sir Sam Neill, the New Zealand-born actor best known for Jurassic Park, has died at 78 in Sydney, surrounded by family. The family said his passing followed a battle with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, diagnosed in 2023, and noted he remained cancer-free at the end. Neill’s career spanned film, TV and theatre, with notable roles in The Piano, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Peaky Blinders, and he ran the Two Paddocks winery in Central Otago. Knighted in 2022, he is survived by four children and eight grandchildren. The family asked for privacy as they mourn.
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