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Sam Neill’s cause of death revealed to be pneumonia

The Guardian UK Thursday 16 July 2026, 02:43 UTC By Sian Cain 1 min read
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Neill’s longtime representative says the actor’s family agreed to release the information due to ‘inaccuracies and outright falsehoods’ in mediaSam Neill’s cause of death was pneumonia, his longtime representative has revealed. The 78-year-old actor’s death was announced on Monday, just three months after Neill had revealed he was finally cancer-free after being diagnosed with stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in 2022.

Neill’s longtime representative says the actor’s family agreed to release the information due to ‘inaccuracies and outright falsehoods’ in media

Sam Neill’s cause of death was pneumonia, his longtime representative has revealed.

The 78-year-old actor’s death was announced on Monday, just three months after Neill had revealed he was finally cancer-free after being diagnosed with stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in 2022.

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