Sam Neill was just over 20 years old when he gave his son Andrew up for adoption. He felt he was not ready to be a father. He did not see him again for 25 years. 🥺
When they finally reunited in 1994, the actor already had three other children and a different life. He himself described it this way: “No one cries inconsolably in anyone’s arms; it is something much more mature”. Over time, he came to have 4 children and 8 grandchildren, the family he believed in his youth he could never have.
On Monday, July 13, in Sydney, Sam died at 78 surrounded by all of them. Months earlier, he had announced that he was cancer-free after treatment costing more than 350,000 dollars. His family said that he passed away “with the dignity that characterized his entire life” ✨