Monday brings sad news that New Zealand actor Sam Neill has passed away at the age of 78.
Neill is better known for his role as palaeontologist Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park movie franchise, but for military aficionados, Sam will always be remembered for his portrayal as the Montana-loving Vasily Borodin, second officer to Sean Connery’s Captain Marko Ramius, in the classic 1990 movie adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Hunt for Red October. "Borodin" longed to own a recreation vehicle (RV) once the sub took him to America. On an intelligence bent Neill also played Sidney Reilly in Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983).
Rest in Peace, Sam Neill!
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OH NO!! Neill was born a New Zealander. But he crossed the ditch (Tasman Sea) to "the Big Smoke" for New Zealanders, known as Australia. As his fame grew he was dubbed Australian. He also owned the Two Paddocks winery near Queenstown NZ. I never did visit that winery :(
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That's sad. Sam only living to 78. It seems he died of cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill#Health_and_death
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