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Leonard Nimoy dead at 83: ‘Star Trek’ star lived long and prospered
New York Daily News ^
| 02/27/2015
| BY DAVID HINCKLEY
Posted on 02/27/2015 9:25:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Leonard Nimoy, who lived long and prospered, died Friday at his Los Angeles home.
The creator of Mr. Spock, televisions most beloved pointy-eared half-Vulcan, was 83 and had suffered for several years from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), which makes it difficult to breathe.
I quit smoking 30 yrs ago, he tweeted last week. Not soon enough. I have COPD. Grandpa says, quit now!! LLAP.
LLAP was Spocks best-known catch phrase: Live long and prosper.
To many of his fans, Leonard Nimoy was a one-hit wonder.
One hit that lasted half a century.
Nimoy created the beloved Mr. Spock in the 1960s cult TV show Star Trek and brought him back to life in movies, sequels, cartoons and spinoffs for the rest of his life.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: copd; finalfrontier; hollywood; leonardnimoy; obituaries; obituary; startrek; sttos; thefinalfrontier
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To: SeekAndFind
Aww, man! He was one of my favorite characters on Star Trek and loved him in the reboots.
RIP, Mr. Nimoy!
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posted on
02/27/2015 10:51:38 AM PST
by
Sister_T
(So, ACA is the law of the land? Remember: DADT and DOMA were the laws of the land! Repeal ACA!)
To: RC one
“Its kind of ironic that this is the first time I have ever gotten emotional over a celebrity death. RIP Spock.”
Me too. I grew up watching Star Trek and Spock was definitely my favorite character. Even in college, Star Trek used to get on Channel 11 at midnight.
RIP Mr. Nimoy. May God bless you.
To: HLPhat
"I hope Mr. Nemoy rests in peace but, not being a Vulcan, I have mixed emotions about the whole Star Trek culture of progressive humanism."
The original series had some liberal elements in it, but overall, it was very much in the mold of classic American values; fearlessness in exploring, courage in the face of evil, working to achieve your goals. Captain Kirk was an American Horatio Hornblower in space. Original Trek was respectful to conservative American culture, including in matters of God. It wasn't until the 70's that Roddenberry's skepticism became full blown atheism and progressivism (Star Trek: The Motion Picture had some anti-religious stuff cut from Roddenberry's script by his bosses at Paramount, wisely). While my wife and I enjoyed The Next Generation while it was on, even then some of the more over the top liberal elements made me cringe ("We don't enslave animals for food any longer".... ugh). TNG is in some case just silly and unwatchable to me now. And Paramount knew how silly it was getting, especially Roddenberry's insistence that 24th century Earth had become a kind of modern Utopia and that there could be no conflicts between humans anymore. Well, that pretty much kills any drama... the lifeblood of a TV show... so Paramount let Rick Berman do Deep Space 9, which reintroduced the notion of conflict again.
To: SeekAndFind; PJ-Comix; mikrofon; martin_fierro
Fun Fact: The Vulcan hand gesture Spock used--Leonard Nimoy made that up, recalling the rabbinic gesture of blessing in the Name (haShem). That's how the "Sh" letter looks in Hebrew. True story. Fascinating.
To: SeekAndFind
😢 So bummed to hear this news. I really enjoyed his work.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
02/27/2015 10:59:07 AM PST
by
MeganC
(You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
To: TomServo
We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:01:02 AM PST
by
MeganC
(You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:01:52 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: SeekAndFind; All
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:02:15 AM PST
by
notdownwidems
(Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
To: DesScorp
>>The original series had some liberal elements in it
Some? lol.
The entire venture was saturated with multicultural secular human progressivism.
A Technocratic Utopia.
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:03:42 AM PST
by
HLPhat
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To: DesScorp
>>It wasn’t until the 70’s that...
...the baited trap was sprung?
Patience is a virtue in the process of demoralization.
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:13:24 AM PST
by
HLPhat
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To: 4yearlurker
He lived long and he prospered.
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:20:29 AM PST
by
skams19
To: DesScorp
STNG was abysmal when it started.... did anyone but me see the Ferengi as a thinly veiled copy of antisemitic stereotypes?. right down to replacing big noses with big ears?...its was like crytoNazis writing their version of The Eternal (Space) Jews
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:21:44 AM PST
by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
To: Tailback
He was good in Mission Impossible too.
To: YHAOS
They have just been dealing with the death of Wolowitz’s mother on the latest episodes because the actress who did her voice recently passed away.
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:26:32 AM PST
by
xp38
To: Disambiguator
I meant 1010101010 type logic (binary) but there is no doubt that Roddenberry was a 60s hippy dippy despite being an ex-cop and military man. He gleefully used allegory in the form of aliens representing minorities, religious authority, etc. and he pushed the usual pacifist claptrap. His altruism, however, generally only extended to the end of his genitalia as he had legendary sexual appetites including his flings with Nichelle Nichols/Uhura (even as he dated and eventually married Majel Barrett/Chapel).
Roddenberry and Gene Coon’s ‘race war’ plots eventually became the basis for entire seasons of the spin-off series that followed....tedious to the point where even lefty fans pleaded to get out of the (alien) racial hatred cul-de-sacs.
You are correct that the multi-culti nonsense had the wrong sort of influence on the impressionable. I suppose you could call some Apple product devotees (as well as the company) the current inheritors of the mantle as they serve up PC (pun intentional) with every device sold.
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:27:17 AM PST
by
relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
To: Tailback
I remember him speaking about how a comet or asteroid impact would actually be for us on Earth in response to the space rock movies. Pretty cool narration.
To: Londo Molari
Third time for me being upset over a celebrities death. Doohan and Kelly were the first two.
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:28:46 AM PST
by
Raymann
To: SeekAndFind
One last Vulcan salute to you Leonard. May you rest in peace behind the pearly gates of heaven.
To: SeekAndFind
Rest In Peace Mr. Spock.
“Live long and PROSPER!”
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posted on
02/27/2015 11:28:58 AM PST
by
Biggirl
(2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
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