{"id":1246,"date":"2026-02-02T15:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:56:23","slug":"the-hidden-illness-that-took-this-hollywood-legends-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=1246","title":{"rendered":"The hidden illness that took this Hollywood legend\u2019s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"341\">Born in 1934, Bill Bixby was a beloved actor and TV director whose career spanned over three decades. Best known as David Banner in <em data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"229\">The Incredible Hulk<\/em> (1978\u20131982), he also starred in <em data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"283\">My Favorite Martian<\/em>, <em data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"318\">The Courtship of Eddie\u2019s Father<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"338\">The Magician<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"572\">Off-screen, Bixby faced personal tragedies, including the death of his six-year-old son and his first wife\u2019s suicide. He married twice more, and in 1993, shortly after marrying Judith Kliban, he died from prostate cancer at 59.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"795\">Bixby earned Emmy nominations, directed shows like <em data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"634\">Blossom<\/em> and <em data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"655\">Sledge Hammer!<\/em>, and left a legacy of iconic performances and dedication to both acting and directing. His work remains available on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Born in 1934, Bill Bixby was a beloved actor and TV director whose career spanned over three decades. Best known as David Banner in The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=1246\" title=\"The hidden illness that took this Hollywood legend\u2019s life\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}