{"id":8313,"date":"2025-09-14T14:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8313"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:59:19","slug":"sam-neill-gives-update-on-cancer-battle-says-hes-not-remotely-afraid-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8313","title":{"rendered":"Sam Neill gives update on cancer battle, says he\u2019s \u201cnot remotely afraid\u201d to die"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans have been sending support to Jurassic Park<\/em> star Sam Neill after he revealed his stage 3 blood cancer diagnosis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 78-year-old New Zealand actor has been battling angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare non-Hodgkin\u2019s cancer, since March 2022 after noticing swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Though initial chemotherapy failed, an experimental drug has put his cancer into remission. He now receives infusions every two weeks for life. Neill admits the treatment is tough, calling post-infusion days \u201cgrim and depressing,\u201d but says the drug is \u201ckeeping [him] alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doctors have told him the treatment will eventually stop working, but Neill says he is \u201cnot remotely afraid\u201d of death. \u201cI\u2019m prepared for that,\u201d he said in an interview with Australian Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Still, he\u2019s not ready to stop acting. \u201cRetiring fills me with horror,\u201d he said. He recently worked on the series Apples Never Fall<\/em> before the actors\u2019 strike halted production.<\/p>\n

Neill has remained candid about his journey, often mixing humor with honesty. \u201cI\u2019m not afraid to die, but it would annoy me,\u201d he joked. \u201cI\u2019d really like another decade or two\u2026 I want to see my grandkids grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n

During treatment, he wrote a memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?<\/em>, but insists it\u2019s \u201cnot a bloody cancer book.\u201d He chooses not to dwell on his illness, saying, \u201cIf you can\u2019t control it, don\u2019t get into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2025, Neill appeared at the AACTA Awards in good spirits, presenting on stage and walking the red carpet. He reflected on his fight with cancer as \u201ca new and rather alarming world,\u201d but continues to live and work with courage and humor.<\/p>\n

Best known for playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park<\/em>, Neill\u2019s career spans decades, with standout roles in The Piano<\/em>, The Hunt for Red October<\/em>, and Dead Calm<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fans have been sending support to Jurassic Park star Sam Neill after he revealed his stage 3 blood cancer diagnosis. The 78-year-old New Zealand actor has been battling angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare non-Hodgkin\u2019s cancer, since March 2022 after noticing swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion. Though initial chemotherapy failed, an experimental drug has…<\/p>\n

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