Buck Rogers might just be the most influential sci-fi comic hero ever -- and he's almost entirely disappeared.

Gil Gerard, the native Arkansan who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William "Buck" Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday ...

Actor Gil Gerard, best known for starring in the 1979 sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, has passed away. He was 82. Gerard’s wife, Janet Gerard, announced his passing on social media.

Gil Gerard, who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William "Buck" Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82.Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a ...

(AP) — Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice ...

(Gray News) — Actor Gil Gerard, best known as the star of the NBC series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” died Tuesday at 82. His wife said in a Facebook post that he “lost his fight with a rare and ...

She didn’t specify what kind of cancer, but she added, “From the moment when we knew something was wrong to his death this morning was only days.” “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” ran from 1979 to ...