{"id":15646,"date":"2026-01-06T11:39:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=15646"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:39:31","slug":"gil-gerard-buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century-star-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=15646","title":{"rendered":"Gil Gerard, \u2018Buck Rogers in the 25th Century\u2019 star, dies at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"302\"><strong data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"93\">Gil Gerard<\/strong>, best known for playing sci-fi hero <strong data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"145\">Buck Rogers<\/strong>, has died at the age of <strong data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"176\">82<\/strong>. His wife, <strong data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"204\">Janet Gerard<\/strong>, announced that he passed away in hospice after a brief battle with a rare and aggressive cancer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"673\">In a heartfelt message, Janet called him her soulmate and urged others to cherish and love those close to them. She also shared a post written by Gerard himself, in which he reflected on his \u201camazing journey,\u201d his love-filled life, and encouraged people not to waste time on anything that doesn\u2019t bring joy or love, ending with: <em data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"673\">\u201cSee you out somewhere in the cosmos.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"1060\">Gerard rose to fame with the 1979 film <strong data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"752\">\u201cBuck Rogers in the 25th Century,\u201d<\/strong> followed by the hit TV series that ran from 1979 to 1981. Born in <strong data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"844\">Little Rock, Arkansas<\/strong>, he moved to New York in 1969, working as a taxi driver while training as an actor. After small roles and commercials, a guest appearance on <strong data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1019\">\u201cLittle House on the Prairie\u201d<\/strong> led to his breakout role as Buck Rogers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1292\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">After the series ended, Gerard continued acting in television and films, made frequent appearances at fan conventions like <strong data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1199\">Dragon Con<\/strong>, and remained a beloved figure among sci-fi fans. He is survived by his son, <strong data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1291\">Gib Gerard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gil Gerard, best known for playing sci-fi hero Buck Rogers, has died at the age of 82. His wife, Janet Gerard, announced that he passed away in hospice after a brief battle with a rare and aggressive cancer. In a heartfelt message, Janet called him her soulmate and urged others to cherish and love those&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=15646\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Gil Gerard, \u2018Buck Rogers in the 25th Century\u2019 star, dies at 82&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15648,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15646\/revisions\/15648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}