Gerard was employed as an industrial chemist, and within a few years of starting he became regional manager of a large chemical company headed by governor Winthrop Rockefeller. Gerard's employers said they would appoint him as the firm's vice president if he undertook a master's degree course, so he quit rather than explain that he did not have a college degree.
Silla’s death was confirmed by his friend and fellow actor Gil Gerard in a tweet on Friday evening (April 16) ... “Felix died just a few hours ago and the only good I can draw from his passing is that he didn’t suffer any longer,” Gerard said ... — Gil Gerard (@Gil_Gerard) April 16, 2021.
Fellow actor and Silla's friend of over 40 years Gil Gerard confirmed his passing and tweeted a tribute. Silla and Gerard were castmates in the 1979 action movie "Buck Rogers in the 25thCentury" and frequently participated in panel discussions together at conventions like Dragon Con.
“It is with a heavy heart that I tell you all that my dear friend of over forty years, Felix Silla, is dying of pancreatic cancer,” tweeted Gil Gerard, who co-starred with him on the NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25thCentury...Prayers .— Gil Gerard (@Gil_Gerard) April 16, 2021 ... 😢— Gil Gerard (@Gil_Gerard) April 16, 2021.
EW reports..Felix Silla's friend and former Buck Rogers in the 25thCentury costar Gil Gerard reported on Twitter that Silla died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer ... In 2018 one Las Vegas blog spotted Silla with Gil Gerard, posting a picture of the two side by side -- just as they'd posed decades earlier on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
The news was announced on Friday by actor Gil Gerard, who co-starred with Silla on NBC’s “Buck Rogers in the 25thCentury” in 1979. “Felix died just a few hours ago and the only good I can draw from his passing is that he didn’t suffer any longer,” Gerard wrote ... Also Read ... “It was hot and heavy.
Silla, who had pancreatic cancer, was 84. Gil Gerard, who starred as Buck Rogers on the TV series that aired from 1979-81, shared the news of Silla’s death on Twitter. “Felix died just a few hours ago and the only good I can draw from his passing is that he didn’t suffer any longer,” Gerard tweeted ... 11, 1937, and moved to the U.S. in 1955 ... ———. .
Silla’s Buck Rogers co-star Gil Gerard confirmed the actor’s death , “Felix died just a few hours ago and the only good I can draw from his passing is that he didn’t suffer any longer. I will miss him terribly, especially the great time we had at our panels.” ... ....
https.//variety.com/2021/tv/news/felix-silla-dead-cousin-itt-addams-family-1234953729/. Felix Silla, the actor who played beloved hairy Addams family member Cousin Itt, has died. He was 84. His Buck Rogers in the 25thCentury castmate, Gil Gerard, confirmed the news on Twitter ... I will miss him terribly, especially the time we had at our panels ... .
Felix Silla, who played the mumbling, long-haired Cousin Itt on the 1960s television comedy “The Addams Family,” died Friday. He was 84. >> Read more trending news. Silla died in Las Vegas after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his friend, Gil Gerard, wrote on Twitter ... Viewers never saw Silla’s face during the series ... Silla was born Jan ... Expand ... .