The Latest Breaking News from Ian Smith

As the show’s beloved star Harold Bishop, Smith has seen actors from Margot Robbie to Guy Pearce come and go. Offscreen, he has battled grief, finding out he was adopted in his 50s and now a terminal diagnosis. Here, he reflects on a remarkable life

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The 86-year-old told an Australian news programme he had been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive, non-fixable cancer’.

Actor has worked on the show for 37 years and is the soap’s longest-running cast member

The 86-year-old says he will leave the hit Australian TV show after doctors told him he had a form of lung cancer

Ian Smith, 86, who has played Harold Bishop in the show since 1987, revealed the sad news on Monday

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