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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    '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.'   
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   >    Gilbert's daughter Aaliya previously shared her father's   
   >    diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in 2020, following the   
   >    death of her mother.   
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   >    Gilbert was most recently in a relationship with fellow actor   
   >    Lysette Anthony, who starred in Hollyoaks and Two Up, Two   
   >    Down.   
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   >    The pair first worked together on A Ghost In Monte Carlo in   
   >    1990, before becoming an item nearly 23 years later.   
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   >    Anthony has yet to comment in response to news of his death,   
   >    but last shared a post with him in April of last year.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    'He was also great in Doctor Who's Battlefield and had a   
   >    terrific role in Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness.   
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   >    '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.'   
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   >    Doctor Who maestro Russell T Davies commented underneath the   
   >    post, writing: 'Oh that's sad news'.    
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   >    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.   
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   >    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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