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New Zealand actor Sam Neill breaks down in tears over simple question in heartbreaking interview - following shock blood cancer diagnosis


Sam Neill, who is currently fighting stage-three blood cancer, was left in tears during a heartbreaking interview when he was asked a simple question about his parents.

Sam Neill, 76, (pictured) who is currently fighting stage-three blood cancer, was left in tears during a heartbreaking interview when he was asked a simple question about his parents Sam was born in Northern Ireland to Priscilla Beatrice (née Ingham) and Dermot Neill while his father, an army officer, was stationed in the country. His son Tim told Australian Story his dad had been back in New Zealand for barely an hour when a doctor phoned with the awful news he had cancer.

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