El actor Ian Smith, quien interpreta a Harold Bishop en Neighbours, anuncia que tiene cáncer terminal y deja el programa. Actor Ian Smith, who plays Harold Bishop on Neighbours, announces he has terminal cancer and is leaving the show.

Ian Smith, el actor de 86 años que interpreta a Harold Bishop en la telenovela australiana Neighbours, ha anunciado que tiene cáncer terminal y deja el programa. Ian Smith, the 86-year-old actor who plays Harold Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, has announced he has terminal cancer and is leaving the show. Diagnosticado con carcinoma pleomórfico pulmonar, una forma rara y agresiva de cáncer de pulmón, Smith se ha sometido a varias rondas de tratamiento. Diagnosed with pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of lung cancer, Smith has undergone several rounds of treatment. Neighbours planea darle a su personaje una despedida adecuada, con la actriz Anne Charleston, quien interpretó a Madge, regresando para algunas de sus escenas finales. Neighbours plans to give his character a fitting farewell, with actress Anne Charleston, who played Madge, returning for some of his final scenes. Smith ha sido parte del programa desde 1987. Smith has been part of the show since 1987.