New Zealand actor Sam Neill, best known for playing Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park films, has died at age 78, according to Israeli media reports from ynet and Channel 12. Neill had revealed a cancer diagnosis about five months ago.
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Actor Sam Neill, 78, died on Monday, according to reports from ynet and Channel 12. Neill, a New Zealand native, achieved international fame as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster 'Jurassic Park' and its sequels. In February 2026, he disclosed he was undergoing treatment for stage 3 lymphoma. The Zioneer previously reported the death at 08:58 Jerusalem time, citing ynet.
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