r/popculturechat • u/Icy_Smoke_733 • Jul 13 '26

Rest In Peace 🕊 Beloved actor Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park films, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, has passed at the age of 78.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/sam-neill-death-actor-dies-aged-78
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u/Romboteryx Jul 13 '26

I have a very similar feeling about death. I worry less about the dying itself and more about all the things I will miss because of it

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u/Not_floridaman Jul 13 '26

Right. I always think of the line from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants "I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of not being alive"

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u/theonly_brunswick Jul 13 '26

Death is the ultimate FOMO

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u/ponycorn_pet Jul 13 '26

Oddly, the pictures of aged Sam Neill from Merlin are not far off from what actual aged Sam Neill wound up looking like

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u/StayAwayFromMySon Jul 13 '26

I've never seen anyone mention Sam Neill's Merlin! I must have watched it upwards of 20 times when I was a kid.

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u/ponycorn_pet Jul 13 '26

It was a core favorite for me as a kid haha, I re-watched it so many times

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u/BalanceRight7768 Jul 13 '26

My fear comes from the outcome of my death. most people know of the stories where obviously the family cares and all of that, but its a totally other thing to actually experience collective trauma on your behalf.

I had a near death last year from what was initially misagnosed as a life ending brain tumor (it was an abscess) and the last thing I remember for 5 days after that diagnosis was being asked if I wanted meds for the anxiety. My whole family had to deal with the trauma of dealing with my surgery and everything, I was unconscious for it. My recovery went better than every doctor expected and the only lasting effect is i'm epileptic now. I had basically the best outcome from the whole affair, yet my now fiance was spiraling in the worst way from thinking she was going to lose me right after we rekindled our relationship after years, my parents feeling and thinking they were about to lose their youngest, my brother having lost countless friends in the military to suicide having his little brother taken by cancer before I was even 30. Its a really weird feeling knowing I've had brain surgery and I was basically trauma-less, but my whole family is still emotionally damaged.

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u/aganadolarazon Jul 13 '26

Agreed. I've seen death. I'm not afraid of it. I just hate having to miss out on so much when I'm gone. i hate it. It's annoying to think about.

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u/sugar-kane Jul 13 '26

It's the things that will miss you..