Sam Neill had pneumonia before his death, co-star says, as tributes pour in

Sam Neill, the acclaimed New Zealand actor best known for “Jurassic Park” had suffered from pneumonia, according to a co-star.

Sam Neill, the acclaimed New Zealand actor, was suffering from pneumonia before his death on Monday, according to a co-star.

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Fellow Kiwi actor Rima Te Wiata, who appeared opposite Neill in the 2016 comedy “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” told the New Zealand Herald that Neill was not scared of dying but that he would be “annoyed” by it.

“It really sucks, actually,” she told the outlet’s video show ‘Ryan Bridge TODAY.’