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Sam Neill, known for 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78, his family says

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NPR News reports that Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor known for Jurassic Park and The Piano, has died at the age of seventy-eight. According to his family, Neill died on Monday in Sydney, in a statement posted to the actor's social media page. He had disclosed in twenty twenty-three that he was diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5891505/actor-sam-neill-dies

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