Leonard Nimoy Dead at 83

Rain
Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
Damn, RIP my friend. Star Trek has provided me a ton of enjoyment and you seemed to be a true ambassador."That's the kind of eminently logical argument that Spock would make and speaks to how being involved in a progressive, socially-conscious series like Star Trek must have helped shape Nimoy's worldview going forward. One of the reasons the franchise has endured is that it imagines a future Earth free of prejudice and strife. Through his life and work on-screen and off, Nimoy sought to make that world of tomorrow possible today."

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  • kaspera79
    kaspera79 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,144
    Live long, and prosper...
  • Eulogy
    Eulogy Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,295
    Very sad news indeed.
  • raisindot
    raisindot Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 936
    Local Boston boy made good.

    Fun fact: Nimoy "invented" the "Vulcan greeting" on Star Trek, based on his memories of growing up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Dorchester. The greeting is a ritual gesture made by Orthodox rabbis, who spread their fingers to create the Hebrew letter shin as they stand in front of the ark holding the Torah. The shin represents the name of "El Shaddai," one of the many names of the Jewish God in the Old Testament.
  • roland_7707
    roland_7707 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,647
    Just saw this. Now my day sucks. So sad.
  • jlmarta
    jlmarta Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,440
    RIP, Mr. Spock. Make it so..... ??
  • 90+ Irishman
    90+ Irishman Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,868
    Rest in peace and thanks for helping to change so many generations and redefine so many genres, you will be missed Leonard.
  • Martel
    Martel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,423
    Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
  • SM0K3Y
    SM0K3Y Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 519
    One of my first TV heroes, this makes my face sad
  • SM0K3Y
    SM0K3Y Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 519
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    This^^^^^ :(
  • First Warrior
    First Warrior Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 707
    Death is part of life. He did live long and prosper. I wish him wind at his back as the takes the final treck.
  • Crousefer
    Crousefer Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 352
    They just need a vulcan somewhere up in that great big sky. Rest n peace.
  • The3Stogies
    The3Stogies Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,608
    I heard this sad news at work yesterday, grew up watching Star Trek. Think I will pop in a DVD tonight, God Speed Leonard.

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  • The3Stogies
    The3Stogies Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,608
    Oh, that's an ornament my wife got me, I keep it on my desk.
  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,371
    Astronaut Terry Virts posted this on twitter. Pretty cool pic.
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  • Rain
    Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
    ^ Love it.
  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,109
    Rain:
    ^ Love it.


    Yes....very cool thing to do.
  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,371
    Live long, prosper, and keep on hangin' and bangin'.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ount2tzSRUs