Australian actor Ian Smith has announced he has left his longtime role as Harold Bishop on television series Neighbours following a terminal cancer diagnosis. The actor, 87, has been battling 'very aggressive' lung cancer and has undergone three rounds of treatment including immunotherapy and chemotherapy.
Smith told 10 News First he had undergone several rounds of treatment in order to address the "very aggressive" cancer.Australian actor Ian Smith has announced he has left his longtime role on television series Neighbours following a terminal cancer diagnosis.
In an interview with 10 News First, Smith said he was notified several months ago he was suffering from a "very aggressive, non-fixable" lung cancer.Smith said he had been through three rounds of treatment, including immunotherapy and chemotherapy."I've really put my hand up just to be a guinea pig, I think, plus the fact that I don't want to die."A Channel Ten spokesperson said the network was deeply saddened by Smith's diagnosis.
Jason Herbison, who has served as executive producer of Neighbours since 2013, said the show would give the character of Harold a proper send-off in coming episodes.
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