I remember reading about a drama he was going to be in, where he was terminal patient. It was probably made in the late-1980s? I see one at IMDb with Anthony Edwards called Hawks. I bet this is it:

Here it is at Amazon

This hidden treasure stars Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards as Bancroft and Decker, two patients in a terminal cancer ward in a British hospital. The feisty, deceptively antagonistic Bancroft coaxes Decker out of his self-pitying, suicidal mindset and convinces him to enjoy his remaining days rather than waste away in the cheerless hospital. Thus the duo steal an ambulance, flee England, and head for the brothels of Amsterdam. . .

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SRS