| Actor Andy Whitfield, who found fame playing the title role in the TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, has died of non-Hodgkin lymphona aged 39.The Welsh-born actor passed away in Sydney, 18 months after he was first diagnosed with the disease, according to his manager.
‘On a beautiful sunny Sydney spring morning, surrounded by his family, in the arms of his loving wife, our beautiful young warrior Andy Whitfield lost his 18-month battle with lymphoma cancer,’ his wife Vashti said in a statement. |
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