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   Gil Gerard, the American actor who starred as the titular hero in the 1979   
   NBC sci-fi series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” died Tuesday after a   
   battle with cancer. He was 82.   
      
   Gerard’s death was confirmed by his wife, Janet, in a Facebook post   
   Tuesday evening.   
      
   “Early this morning Gil – my soulmate – lost his fight with a rare and   
   viciously aggressive form of cancer,” read Janet’s post. “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.”   
      
   Gerard also released his own statement on Facebook Tuesday night, which he   
   asked his wife to share after he died.   
      
   “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,” read Gerard’s statement. “My   
   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. It’s been a great ride, but inevitably one that comes to a close as   
   mine has. Don’t waste your time on anything that doesn’t thrill you or   
   bring you love. See you out somewhere in the cosmos.”   
      
   “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” 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. “Buck Rogers” followed Gerard as Captain William   
   “Buck” Rogers, a 20th-century astronaut who is frozen in space for 504   
   years and wakes up in the year 2491.   
      
   Gerard’s other TV credits include “Sidekicks,” “Nightingales,”   
   “E.A.R.T.H.   
   Force” and “Days of Our Lives.” His more recent film credits include   
   “Space Captain and Callista,” “The Nice Guys” and “Blood Fare.”   
      
   Gerard was born in 1943 in Little Rock, Ark. He appeared in commercials   
   and had small roles on several popular ’70s TV shows before getting his   
   break with “Buck Rogers.”   
      
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