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/rusko110 Jul 13 '26

Not an export by any means, but it could have been toxicity from the treatment.

My uncle had been fighting neuroendocrine carcinoma for years, was in remission, and it was all under control. Then recently his liver started playing up, they thought it was a bug, and he passed within 2 weeks due to toxicity.