AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Sam Neill's agent confirms pneumonia caused actor's death, pushes back on false reports
Sam Neill, the New Zealand-born actor who became a household name as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, died from pneumonia, his long-time agent confirmed Thursday. He was 78. The confirmation from agent Philip Grenz came three days after Neill passed away in a hospital on Monday. Grenz said he had spoken with Neill's grieving […] The post Sam Neill's agent confirms pneumonia caused actor's death, pushes back on false reports appeared first on American Almanac .
Sam Neill, the New Zealand-born actor who became a household name as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, died from pneumonia, his long-time agent confirmed Thursday. He was 78. The confirmation from agent Philip Grenz came three days after Neill passed away in a hospital on Monday . Grenz said he had spoken with Neill's grieving family and that they agreed to address what he called "inaccurate and outright falsehoods" circulating about the cause of the actor's death. The distinction matters. Neill had publicly battled a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, and many early reports after his death assumed the cancer had returned. It had not. AP News reported that Neill had been declared cancer-free in…Open