'Buck Rogers' star Gil Gerard dies at 82
FILE - Actor Gil Gerard poses in Los Angeles, Ca. on July 16, 1990. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Gil Gerard, who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82.
Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a result of a rare, aggressive form of cancer, said his manager, Tina Presley Borek. His wife, Janet Gerard, posted a posthumous Facebook message he left behind for fans that read in part:
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