Nicole Kidman has paid tribute to her "friend for life" Sam Neill following his sudden death. "He was one of the greats… A joy to be around. We met when I was just 18, and he took me under his wing and we stayed friends for life," Kidman told the Sydney Morning Herald. The duo starred together in the 1989 thriller "Dead Calm," which was Kidman's breakout performance. Neill's family announced his death on Monday via Instagram, stating he was surrounded by family and passed with dignity. The loss was described as sudden and unexpected, but blessed by the fact that Neill remained cancer-free. His passing comes just two months after he announced he was cancer-free following a battle with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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