Sam Neill arrives for a gala presentation of Blackbird at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 6, 2019.(Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

I wrote this morning about Lindsey Graham, but I’d like to add a brief word about another unfortunate (unrelated) death. It would be a shame to let the moment slip away without some kind of comment on the late, great New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who suddenly passed away at the age of 78 over the weekend. (He had already beaten a cancer scare four years ago, but as Lindsey Graham reminds us, sometimes it may just be your time one way or another.) Neill was more than just an actor – he was a fine writer besides – but ...

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