"Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill's cause of death revealed
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
Sam Neill, star of "Jurassic Park," "The Piano," and other acclaimed films, died from pneumonia this week, his agent told The Associated Press. Neill was 78.
The actor's death in Sydney, Australia, was announced Monday by his family. He will be honored at a private memorial service, which is set to take place at a later date at his New Zealand farm, Neill's agent, Philip Grenz, told AP.
"Sam passed away from pneumonia," Grenz said. "Prior to becoming sick, Sam had valiantly fought and beaten lymphoma through a new treatment called CAR-T therapy."
Neill shared his diagnosis with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, called angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, in 2023, and said he was in remission in April.
In the family's announcement Monday, they said Neill "remained cancer free" when he died. While they didn't initially disclose a cause of death, the announcement described it as "sudden and unexpected."