Some Reads for Wednesday

 Either it is a more common occurrence or, more likely, people are less likely to hide family estrangement these days.

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Obituary: Actor Gil Gerard, 82, known for his role in the scifi franchise Buck Rogers, died today, according to his wife, who announced the death on a Facebook post.  She said he died from an aggressive form of cancer.

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Gerard rose to fame in the 1979 sci-fi flick "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," which followed an astronaut who had woken up years in the future. The movie, met with widespread commercial success, spawned an NBC series of the same name, which ran for two seasons with Gerard at the helm. It was canceled in 1981.

The Arkansas native's career didn't stop there, though; he went on to rack up countless credits in television films and series, playing a cop on ABC's "Sidekicks" in the mid-1980s and making guest appearances on shows like "Drop Dead Diva" and "Star Trek New Voyages."

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