# Buck Rogers is gone... again (Gil Gerard has died) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790 "2025-12-17T14:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790/21 "2025-12-18T14:31:17Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > he one with the guy who can separate his head from his body, the one with the box that gave everyone terrible nightmares and the one with the space vampire. Well, when you put it like that, Buck doesn’t sound all that good after all! Say “cheesy!” [![](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/TSDBURO_EC028-scaled.jpg) ](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/TSDBURO_EC028-scaled.jpg) 🙂 Space Vampire was the episode’s actual name. Talk about telegraphing the plot. But nothing beats the originality of “Vegas In Space” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790/22 "2025-12-18T22:17:21Z")
I liked the show - it was another welcome means to feed my growing sf fandom at the time, along with _Star Wars, Star Trek_ and _Battlestar Galactica_ - and I definitely had a crush on Erin Gray. I remember I even got and read the novelization of the pilot episode from Scholastic. Rest in peace, Gil, and thanks for some fun sf memories from my childhood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790.md?page=1)