{"id":18004,"date":"2026-02-02T15:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=18004"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:56:19","slug":"the-hidden-illness-that-took-this-hollywood-legends-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=18004","title":{"rendered":"The hidden illness that took this Hollywood legend\u2019s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"341\">Born in 1934, Bill Bixby was a beloved actor and TV director whose career spanned over three decades. Best known as David Banner in <em data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"229\">The Incredible Hulk<\/em> (1978\u20131982), he also starred in <em data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"283\">My Favorite Martian<\/em>, <em data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"318\">The Courtship of Eddie\u2019s Father<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"338\">The Magician<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"572\">Off-screen, Bixby faced personal tragedies, including the death of his six-year-old son and his first wife\u2019s suicide. He married twice more, and in 1993, shortly after marrying Judith Kliban, he died from prostate cancer at 59.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"795\">Bixby earned Emmy nominations, directed shows like <em data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"634\">Blossom<\/em> and <em data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"655\">Sledge Hammer!<\/em>, and left a legacy of iconic performances and dedication to both acting and directing. His work remains available on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1934, Bill Bixby was a beloved actor and TV director whose career spanned over three decades. Best known as David Banner in The Incredible Hulk (1978\u20131982), he also starred in My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie\u2019s Father, and The Magician. Off-screen, Bixby faced personal tragedies, including the death of his six-year-old son&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=18004\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;The hidden illness that took this Hollywood legend\u2019s life&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18004","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\/18004","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=18004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18006,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004\/revisions\/18006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}