Actor Sam Neill, best known for his roles in the “Jurassic Park” movie franchise, revealed this week that he has been receiving treatment after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of blood cancer.
The 75-year-old told the BBC that he was diagnosed 12 months ago with “a ferocious type of aggressive” stage three non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Neill said that he decided to write a book to distract him from the diagnosis.
“I didn’t think I had a book in me, I just thought I’d write some stories. And I found it increasingly engrossing,” he said. “A year later, not only have I written the book — I didn’t have a ghost writer — but it’s come out in record time.”
He said that the toughest part of undergoing chemotherapy was losing his hair. “More than anything I want my beard back,” he said. “I don’t like the look of my face one bit.”
“I’m not afraid of dying,” he said. “What I don’t want to do is to stop living, because I really enjoy living. I’ve…
