Pioneering Indigenous actor David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM has died, aged 68.
Gulpilil was from the Mandhalpingu clan of the Yolŋu people and was raised in Arnhem land. In 2017 he was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, and told he only had months to live.
Permission has been granted for his name and image to be used after his death, in accordance with his wishes.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said in a statement, “It is with deep sadness that I share with the
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