Los Angeles, Dec. 17 -- Gil Gerard, the American actor who famously starred in the 1979 sci-fi series, 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century', has passed away at 82.

As confirmed by Gerard's wife, Janet, in a Facebook post, the actor died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer.

"Early this morning Gil - my soulmate - lost his fight with a rare and viciously aggressive form of cancer. From the moment when we knew something was wrong to his death this morning was only days. No matter how many years I got to spend with him it would have never been enough. Hold the ones you have tightly and love them fiercely," Janet wrote in the post.

In another post shared on the official Facebook handle of Gil Gerard, Janet shared a message that the late acto...