Sam Neill’s ex-partner describes actor’s final weeks before his tragic death

• Sam Neill 's ex-partner, Laura Tingle, revealed the actor had been "pretty sick" for two weeks before his "sudden and unexpected" death.
• Tingle explained on the radio show Sydney Mornings that while Neill was cancer-free at the time of his death, his previous battle with “various forms of cancer” had "taken a toll" on his body and left his immune system “pretty compromised”.
• Meanwhile, actor Rima Te Wiata, a co-star, told the New Zealand Herald that the actor caught pneumonia.
• Neill was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer in 2022 but had achieved remission after undergoing treatment.
• The 78-year-old actor, known for films such as Jurassic Park and The Piano , will appear posthumously in two films, Godzilla x Kong: Supernova and The Last Resort , both expected in 2027.

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Sam Neill’s ex-partner sheds light on Jurassic Park star’s cause of death