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       Doctor Who and Riders star Marcus Gilbert   
       dies aged 67 after cancer diagnosis   
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       Marcus Gilbert, who immortalised Jilly Cooper's leading man   
       Rupert Campbell-Black in Riders, has died at the age of 67.   
      
       The actor, who also featured in shows including Doctor Who   
       and Murder, She Wrote, died on Sunday after living with   
       throat cancer for three years.   
      
       The Bristol-born actor is survived by his two children, son   
       Maxi and daughter Aaliya. He was married to Homaa   
       Khan-Gilbert up until her death in 2020 from pancreatic   
       cancer.   
      
       A Facebook fan site for Gilbert shared a statement reading:   
       'Today we have heard the very sad news that Marcus lost his   
       battle against cancer on January 11, 2026.   
      
       'We, along with his many fans worldwide, will mourn his loss,   
       and remember the joy he gave us on screen and in person. RIP   
       Marcus.'   
      
       Gilbert's daughter Aaliya previously shared her father's   
       diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in 2020, following the   
       death of her mother.   
      
       Gilbert was most recently in a relationship with fellow actor   
       Lysette Anthony, who starred in Hollyoaks and Two Up, Two   
       Down.   
      
       The pair first worked together on A Ghost In Monte Carlo in   
       1990, before becoming an item nearly 23 years later.   
      
       Anthony has yet to comment in response to news of his death,   
       but last shared a post with him in April of last year.   
      
       The actor's peers have begun to share their tributes,   
       including Doctor Who fan Toby Hadoke, who posted a carousel of   
       images of Gilbert, who played Ancelyn in the Whoniverse.   
      
       In the caption on Instagram he wrote: 'Dashing, charming, and   
       a strong actor with a bit of a twinkle - very sorry to learn   
       of the death, too young, of Marcus Gilbert with whom I had a   
       lovely time in Liverpool about a decade ago.   
      
       'He was also great in Doctor Who's Battlefield and had a   
       terrific role in Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness.   
      
       'He also told me how much he earned from being part of the   
       second Gold Blend saga of commercials: eye-watering! Lovely   
       chap: wore his attributes lightly.'   
      
       Doctor Who maestro Russell T Davies commented underneath the   
       post, writing: 'Oh that's sad news'.    
      
       Gilbert also starred in the third Rambo film and was said to be   
       in contention for the role of James Bond in the late 1980s, but   
       lost out to Timothy Dalton.   
      
       In addition to a wide-reaching career in adverts, Gilbert also   
       worked in the theatre, playing the young Viscount Goring in   
       Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband in 2000. It was through the   
       theatre that he first got his start in acting.   
      
      
      
      
      
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