Sam Neill with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Sam Neill alongside co-stars Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards in the 1993 film Jurassic ParkImage Source, U niversal Pictures
By Rebecca JonesArts correspondent, BBC News

Actor Sam Neill has revealed he had "a fierce type of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma".< /p>

The 75-year-old Jurassic Park star was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer in March 2022 and thought, "I'm a crook, I'm in dying."

Unable to work, he began writing as a distraction and to "give me a reason to get through the day", he said. he told the BBC.

In his new memoir, Did I Ever Tell you This?, he discusses his illness and his nearly 50-year career at the screen.

Neill first noticed he had lumpy glands in his neck while on a publicity tour for Jurassic World Dominion the last year. -1q0x1qg-Pa ragraph eq5iqo00">When the doctors told him what was wrong, he said his reaction was "rather phlegmatic", but it made him...

Sam Neill with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Sam Neill alongside co-stars Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards in the 1993 film Jurassic ParkImage Source, U niversal Pictures
By Rebecca JonesArts correspondent, BBC News

Actor Sam Neill has revealed he had "a fierce type of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma".< /p>

The 75-year-old Jurassic Park star was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer in March 2022 and thought, "I'm a crook, I'm in dying."

Unable to work, he began writing as a distraction and to "give me a reason to get through the day", he said. he told the BBC.

In his new memoir, Did I Ever Tell you This?, he discusses his illness and his nearly 50-year career at the screen.

Neill first noticed he had lumpy glands in his neck while on a publicity tour for Jurassic World Dominion the last year. -1q0x1qg-Pa ragraph eq5iqo00">When the doctors told him what was wrong, he said his reaction was "rather phlegmatic", but it made him...

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