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https://variety.com/2025/tv/obituaries-people-news/gil-gerard-dead-buck- rogers-in-the-25th-century-1236610578/
Gil Gerard, the American actor who starred as the titular hero in the 1979
NBC sci-fi series rCLBuck Rogers in the 25th Century,rCY died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 82.
GerardrCOs death was confirmed by his wife, Janet, in a Facebook post
Tuesday evening.
rCLEarly this morning Gil rCo my soulmate rCo lost his fight with a rare and viciously aggressive form of cancer,rCY read JanetrCOs post. rCLFrom the moment
when we knew something was wrong to his death this morning was only days.
No matter how many years I got to spend with him it would have ever been enough. Hold the ones you have tightly and love them fiercely.rCY
Gerard also released his own statement on Facebook Tuesday night, which he asked his wife to share after he died.
rCLMy life has been an amazing journey. The opportunities IrCOve had, the people IrCOve met and the love I have given and received have made my 82
years on the planet deeply satisfying,rCY read GerardrCOs statement. rCLMy journey has taken me from Arkansas to New York to Los Angeles, and
finally, to my home in North Georgia with my amazing wife, Janet, of 18
years. ItrCOs been a great ride, but inevitably one that comes to a close as mine has. DonrCOt waste your time on anything that doesnrCOt thrill you or bring you love. See you out somewhere in the cosmos.rCY
rCLBuck Rogers in the 25th CenturyrCY ran for two seasons from 1979 to 1981. The show, based on the character created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928,
was first adapted as a made-for-TV movie, which grossed $21 million in its 1979 theatrical debut. Universal and NBC quickly began work on a weekly
sci-fi series later that same year. The film was split in half for a two-
part series premiere. rCLBuck RogersrCY followed Gerard as Captain William rCLBuckrCY Rogers, a 20th-century astronaut who is frozen in space for 504 years and wakes up in the year 2491.
GerardrCOs other TV credits include rCLSidekicks,rCY rCLNightingales,rCY rCLE.A.R.T.H.
ForcerCY and rCLDays of Our Lives.rCY His more recent film credits include rCLSpace Captain and Callista,rCY rCLThe Nice GuysrCY and rCLBlood Fare.rCY
Gerard was born in 1943 in Little Rock, Ark. He appeared in commercials
and had small roles on several popular rCO70s TV shows before getting his break with rCLBuck Rogers.rCY
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