The actor died earlier this week

Jul 16, 2026

10:44 am

What's the storyHollywood actor Sam Neill's sudden demise on Monday (July 13) was due to pneumonia, his representative has confirmed.

The 78-year-old actor had been battling stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare blood cancer, since 2022. But Neill had become cancer-free later.