S3. Ep2. Samuel Johnson makes Marleigh a promise. He shares how not even a traumatic brain injury could slow his mission to vanquish cancer.

Whether you recognise him as an actor (having played iconic roles as Evan Wilde in The Secret life of Us and as Molly Meldrum), a philanthropist, the unicycling brother of Connie or epic cancer vanquishing advocate, everyone seems to agree that Samuel Johnson is one of Australia's most loved Aussie icons. 

Like Marleigh, Samuel Johnson has a brain injury and has needed blood products. He was hit by a car in 2021, an accident that nearly cost him his life and left him with a traumatic brain injury. Marleigh lives with a brain injury and Functional Neurological Disorder following Autoimmune Encephalitis. 

Samuel has not let his accident slow his mission to "vanquish cancer" through Love Your Sister, which he founded with his late sister Connie, who died from breast cancer in 2017. 

Samuel joins me to thank Australian blood donors for saving and prolonging the lives of Australians with cancer and he makes a promise to Marleigh that he will become a blood donor for The Milkshakes for Marleigh Lifeblood Team. 

To find out more about the work of Love Your Sister and Sam's 1000: https://www.loveyoursister.org

Sam's latest book Dear Lover can be purchased here: https://www.hachette.com.au/samuel-johnson/dear-lover

You can find Sam's sister Hilde Hinton's books here (The story of unsaid things is an absolute cracker!) https://www.hachette.com.au/hilde-hinton/

To make an appointment to donate blood for The Milkshakes for Marleigh Lifeblood Team call 13 14 95. 

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