Australian actor Sam Neill dies at age 78, with his family announcing his death in a statement shared on social media. Multiple outlets report that he died in hospital in Sydney and describe the death as sudden and unexpected. The announcement comes months after Neill publicly said he was “cancer-free,” following treatment for blood cancer. Several reports specify that he had been diagnosed in 2022 with a rare form of blood cancer, including angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, and that his illness had involved multiple cancers over several years, according to comments from his former partner, Laura Tingle, in a radio interview. Other coverage notes that he died surrounded by family. While the overall cause is described generally as connected to his prior cancer battle, outlets differ in detail about the exact timeframe and the extent of his cancer history. Across the reports, the consistent points are his age, the public announcement of being cancer-free months earlier, and his family’s statement characterizing his final days and death as sudden.