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Soap star: 'Brutality of cancer diagnosis'
Western Daily Press
|April 19, 2025
ACTOR Ian Smith, who played Harold Bishop in Neighbours, has said that his terminal cancer diagnosis put him in a "cruel, ugly, brutal place".
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The 86-year-old actor, known for playing the former cafe owner in the Australian soap, revealed last year that he has a rare form of lung cancer called pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma.
Yesterday, Smith, pictured, told ITV's Good Morning Britain that when he received his diagnosis he was in a "space" where "no one is there to help you", even if they make attempts.
He added: "They (people) won't know, until maybe it happens to them themselves.
"It's a cruel, ugly, brutal place... and I don't know how, but it looks like I'm having the best luck in the world with defeating this cancer."
This story is from the April 19, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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