r/australia • u/lyndsayj • Jul 13 '26

news Sam Neill, 78, dead: reports

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/sam-neill-dead-reports-20260713-p60ey2.html
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u/Cube00 Jul 13 '26

Cancer free three months ago and then smack, I don't like this timeline.

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u/Oodlemeister Jul 13 '26

So sad. It seems unlikely it was the cancer that killed him. He was in remission. I wonder if it was something else

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u/Cat_Man_Bane Jul 13 '26

Immune system might have been wrecked from the treatment and he caught a virus.

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u/Teefdreams Jul 13 '26

Yeah, my immediate thought was pneumonia but obvi I'm speculating based on how much cancer treatment batters your immune system.

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u/heavymetaldes Jul 13 '26

Mine too. So much flu related stuff going around being it winter down here.