‘Jurassic Park’ Star Sam Neill Reveals He’s Battling Cancer: ‘Have Had Dark Moments But Pleased To Be Alive’

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Sam Neill has just disclosed that he is undergoing treatment for stage-three blood cancer. The “Jurassic Park” actor revealed the news in a candid new memoir titled Did I Ever Tell You This?, set for release on Tuesday.

The actor recently interviewed with The Guardian, where the 75-year-old discussed the revelation and many other personal subjects. “The thing is, I’m crook.

Possibly dying,” Neill opens in chapter one, “I may have to speed this up.” READ MORE: Sam Neill Reveals Why He’s Thankful He Wasn’t Cast As 007 After Auditioning With ‘Extreme Reluctance’ Neill clarified that the book is not a cancer memoir, but the devastating illness acts as a “spiral thread” throughout the memoir.

Neill first noticed his swollen glands during the press tour for “Jurassic World Dominion” in March last year and was quickly diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.