Gil Gerard, the actor best known for playing sci-fi hero Buck Rogers, has died. He was 82.
His death in a hospice on Tuesday was announced by his wife, Janet Gerard, on Facebook. She wrote: “Early this morning Gil – my soulmate – lost his fight with a rare and viciously aggressive form of cancer. From 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.”
Separately, she posted another message on Gerard’s own Facebook page including words that he had written himself beforehand.
“If you are reading this, then Janet has posted it as I asked her to,” he wrote, adding: “My life has been an amazing journey. The opportunities I’ve had, the people I’ve met and the love I have given and received have made my 82 years on the planet deeply satisfying.
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