Pakistan, July 16 -- Just two months before his death, Sam Neill announced that he was cancer-free after a years-long battle.

But the treatment took a toll on his body, according to new revelations by those who knew him.

After the Jurassic Park star passed away at age 78 on Monday, July 13, a former co-star revealed he had been battling pneumonia in the weeks before his passing, while Neill's ex-girlfriend shared new details about the toll years of cancer treatment had taken on his body.

Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, actress Rima Te Wiata - who starred with Neill in the 2016 adventure comedy-drama Hunt for the Wilderpeople- revealed that he had pneumonia before his death. "It really sucks, actually," she said. "I think he would b...