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Star Trek's Lt Uhura hospitalised in LA after stroke
The Register ^ | 6-5-15 | Gavin Clarke

Posted on 06/05/2015 9:05:16 AM PDT by markomalley

Star Trek actress and NASA recruitment ambassador Nichelle Nicols is recovering in hospital following a stroke.

Nichols – best known for playing Lt Nyota Uhura on TV and in the Star Trek film franchise – suffered a mild stroke while at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening.

Her agent Zach McGinnis informed Nichols’ followers on her Facebook page of the stroke. In an update, he said Nichols had undergone a CAT scan and MRI, and was awake and eating as of Thursday evening.

Nichols has shown minor signs of loss of mobility but otherwise no signs of paralysis.

Nichelle shot to fame as Lt Uhura, the red-mini-dressed, black-beehived comms officer, with one finger pressed to her ear and others massaging the flashing lights of the USS Enterprise’s comms desk in the 1960s TV series Star Trek.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: nichellenicols; startrek; uhura
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1 posted on 06/05/2015 9:05:16 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Get well Nichelle. Bummer getting old, Nyota....I’m getting long in the tooth myself. Prayers up.


2 posted on 06/05/2015 9:10:10 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: markomalley

Uhura was one of the few who could wear red . . . and survive.

3 posted on 06/05/2015 9:11:15 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Pollster1

good observation.


4 posted on 06/05/2015 9:13:09 AM PDT by brivette
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To: markomalley
Nichols has said in the past that she wanted to leave Star Trek for Broadway, but was convinced by MLK to stay as a role model.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pioneers-of-television/pioneering-people/nichelle-nichols/

“Do you not understand what God has given you? … You have the first important non-traditional role, non-stereotypical role. … You cannot abdicate your position. You are changing the minds of people across the world, because for the first time, through you, we see ourselves and what can be.” Nichols remembers King saying to her.

5 posted on 06/05/2015 9:13:12 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderators)
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To: markomalley

I never knew her first name on Star Trek. Don’t remember anyone calling her by her first name ever.


6 posted on 06/05/2015 9:14:20 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Her first name was never used on the original series.


7 posted on 06/05/2015 9:20:15 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Such a sweet lady. My favorite character after Mr. Spock.

It didn't hurt that she was charming eye candy either.

8 posted on 06/05/2015 9:20:23 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: markomalley
he said Nichols had undergone a CAT scan and MRI
Why do both an MRI and a Cat scan? Wouldn't an MRI cover all bases?
9 posted on 06/05/2015 9:20:47 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: justlurking

You won’t find a bad word about her on the Internet, which in itself is an accomplishment for a public figure. Always very good to the Trekkies.


10 posted on 06/05/2015 9:21:21 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: oh8eleven

The CAT is faster and will let you know right away if the stroke was an aneurism. If nothing found, MRI would help diagnose an ischemic stroke. That is my understanding after my wife’s stroke anyway.


11 posted on 06/05/2015 9:23:57 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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Why do both an MRI and a Cat scan? Wouldn't an MRI cover all bases?

A tale of two scans: Which is better - a CT scan or an MRI?

12 posted on 06/05/2015 9:24:10 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderators)
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To: Vigilanteman

I’m with you on all counts - 1,2, and especially 3.


13 posted on 06/05/2015 9:25:04 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: markomalley

Hoping she has a speedy recovery.


14 posted on 06/05/2015 9:25:28 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary, because it's time for a POTUS without a SCROTUS...)
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To: DonaldC

Thx ... hope wife is now ok.


15 posted on 06/05/2015 9:28:39 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: markomalley

Here is a recent picture. She is 82.

16 posted on 06/05/2015 9:30:35 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Everybody wants to be a cat.)
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she is still a fine looking woman


17 posted on 06/05/2015 9:32:39 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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The lack of wrinkles strongly implies Botox, but she certainly has a sweet expression. I love the Lego mini-figure ring.


18 posted on 06/05/2015 9:33:32 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Everybody wants to be a cat.)
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To: markomalley

Get well Uhuru, that’s an order.


19 posted on 06/05/2015 9:38:53 AM PDT by sgtyork (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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To: Pollster1

Her and Scotty.

I met her once years ago at Dragoncon and talked for a minute. Made a great impression on me. She laughed when I mentioned an Action Pack movie called Captain Zoom she was in. I believe she said it was fun to do. A campy movie.

Hope she recovers.


20 posted on 06/05/2015 9:45:40 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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