Veteran actor Sam Neill's former partner, Australian political journalist Laura Tingle, has opened up about his final days, revealing that the actor had become "pretty sick" in the weeks before his death despite being declared cancer-free earlier this year. Tingle, who dated Neill from 2018 to 2021 after his separation from wife Noriko Watanabe, reflected on the actor's long health battle.Veteran actor Sam Neill's former partner, Australian political journalist Laura Tingle, has opened up about his final days, revealing that the actor had become "pretty sick" in the weeks before his death despite being declared cancer-free earlier this year. Tingle, who dated Neill from 2018 to 2021 after his separation from wife Noriko Watanabe, reflected on the actor's long health battle. https://ift.tt/0wWiFbT July 16, 2026 at 12:41AM TOI Entertainment Desk
