‘Jurassic Park’ Actor Sam Neill Cause of Death Revealed
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia and will be honored at a private family memorial at his New Zealand farm later, his agent told The Associated Press on Thursday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia and will be honored at a private family memorial at his New Zealand farm later, his agent told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor who shined for decades in iconic big screen roles from films like “The Hunt for Red October” to Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” to the Netflix hit series “Peaky Blinders,” passed on Monday. He was 78.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” to playing Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78.

Sam Neill, who played Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park with a storied career spanning several decades, including a turn in the Academy Award-winning The Piano (1993) and the horror cult hit Possession (1981), announced he has no fear of death as he battles stage 3 blood cancer.

March 18 (UPI) — Sam Neill, best known for his work in the Jurassic Park film franchise, posted on Instagram Saturday that he has been in remission the past eight months after a battle with cancer. “My news seems to
