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Sam Neill

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Grandmabatty Mon 13-Jul-26 07:33:17

I've just seen that he has died. Im quite sad about this. I knew he had been unwell but it's still come as a shock. A fine actor and a nice man

tanith Mon 13-Jul-26 07:37:01

So very sad RIP.

MayBee70 Mon 13-Jul-26 07:55:20

Oh no. I follow his instagram page and, as you’d expect he’s really charming and funny and lovely. It says it was sudden and that he was still cancer free. The last one I read was five weeks ago in which he was arguing with some cockatoos on his balcony. I loved pretty much everything he was in and just adored him as a person; I doubt if anyone anywhere has ever said a bad thing about him. A fine actor and a good man totally sums him up doesn’t it.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 13-Jul-26 08:00:13

Oh no 😿

He is always referred to as the Dinosaur Man here

RIP 💐

Humbertbear Mon 13-Jul-26 08:00:44

My friend once described him to me as ‘that actor who isn’t quite good looking’ and I immediately knew who she meant. I thought he was very sexy and when my daughter told me that he had died I said ‘now I will never get to meet him’. I am sad that he has gone and scared that he wasn’t much older than me.

Retread Mon 13-Jul-26 08:01:22

I'm sad too. So many people in their 70s, gone. I console myself with:

"What dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil...".

RIP Mr Neill.

BlueBelle Mon 13-Jul-26 08:03:59

I don’t recognise the name is he a tv or film actor

Georgesgran Mon 13-Jul-26 08:08:00

Oh goodness BB - look him up!

I follow him too Maybee. He seemed such a kind, lovely man. The DD’s are ‘gutted’.

BlueBelle Mon 13-Jul-26 08:43:44

Ok Georgesgran I ve done as I was told and looked him up and no further forward but then I ve never seen any of the Jurassic Park movies and didn’t watch PeakyBlinders so I m sorry I m so ignorant
Always sad when someone dies though isn’t it ?

Grandmabatty Mon 13-Jul-26 08:53:41

Bluebelle, he was in a lovely film called The Dish which is gentle and worth a look. He made acting look effortless.

Maremia Mon 13-Jul-26 08:53:44

Ace of Spies, that's when I first noticed him.
Sad to hear that.

Smileless2012 Mon 13-Jul-26 08:57:52

I was so upset to hear this this morning, he was one of my favourite actors sad. RIP Sam and thank you for so many wonderful memories flowers.

nanna8 Mon 13-Jul-26 09:05:32

One of my absolute favourites and a most talented actor. A very sad day.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 13-Jul-26 09:08:13

He was in The Piano, Hunt for Red October, he was in the TV series The Tudors he leaves behind a large body of work.

MayBee70 Mon 13-Jul-26 09:12:31

I love Australian and New Zealand films and he was in many of them. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is one of my favourites, and Rams. He was a great environmentalist, too.

Cabowich Mon 13-Jul-26 09:15:38

Sad news indeed. I've been loving "The Twelve" crime/jury series. Such a handsome man too - a true silver fox.

Cossy Mon 13-Jul-26 09:28:35

Oh how very sad. I like his acting.

RIP.

crazyH Mon 13-Jul-26 09:28:42

So many deaths of famous people recently - Ann Whittacombe, Bonnie Tyler, Dermot Murnaghan, Sam Neil, and the young girl from Antiques Road Show, R.I.P.

Magenta8 Mon 13-Jul-26 09:35:11

crazyH Depressing isn't it? They will all be missed.

RIP thanksthanksthanksthanksthanks

Esmay Mon 13-Jul-26 09:47:31

RIP Sam Neill.
It's always a shock,because actors and actresses are forever captured as youthful on celluloid.