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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, television’s 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 Spock’s 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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KEYWORDS: copd; finalfrontier; hollywood; leonardnimoy; obituaries; obituary; startrek; sttos; thefinalfrontier
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To: SeekAndFind

Not his finiest hour...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU


121 posted on 02/27/2015 11:32:00 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: P-Marlowe
Chronic smoking would explain his unique rich baritone voice.

Nah, I have smoked for 50 years now and I have neither a rice nor baritone voice.

122 posted on 02/27/2015 11:33:03 AM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

May his Memory be Eternal.


123 posted on 02/27/2015 11:34:48 AM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Raymann

I do believe now William Shatner is the last one.

I think the “Priceline” company has kept him young.


124 posted on 02/27/2015 11:35:14 AM PST by Biggirl (2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
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To: Biggirl

Takai and Konig are still around aren’t they?


125 posted on 02/27/2015 11:38:28 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: Biggirl

Nichols, Takai, and Konig are still around.


126 posted on 02/27/2015 11:40:05 AM PST by Raymann
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To: Zathras

Amen. An early role model. Led me to engineering and science. Complete bad ass.


127 posted on 02/27/2015 11:41:36 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: SeekAndFind

What I remember from the Star Trek series is the intense social programming. Human like non human adversary races made people feel more comfortable with the multicolored culture that was being shoved down our throats. Generally lots of deconstructing of the Western Culture.


128 posted on 02/27/2015 11:44:26 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: Biggirl

I would say beyond that working has kept Bill going. I know Nimoy did do some work post Trek but only Shatner really maintained a career beyond Trek of the original cast.


129 posted on 02/27/2015 11:47:27 AM PST by xp38
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To: xp38

All the surviving cast members do several conventions a year and I know Nichols and Koenig were just in two independent films. Koenig is to me as much Alfred Bester as he is Chekov.


130 posted on 02/27/2015 11:53:35 AM PST by Raymann
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To: dfwgator

I’d say “normal” Mr. Spock. As opposed to the abnormal, twisted, or perverted one.


131 posted on 02/27/2015 11:55:20 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Born to Conserve

Showing human culture as lacking somehow in comparison to some fictional civilization goes back many centuries.


132 posted on 02/27/2015 12:15:13 PM PST by Borges
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To: xp38

I think in his later years Mr. Nimoy I read somewhere worked bar/bat mitzvah productions.


133 posted on 02/27/2015 12:16:45 PM PST by Biggirl (2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
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To: SeekAndFind

RIP, Mr. Nimoy. I remember him in “Outer Limits” and “Mission Impossible,” both shows did have Star Trek ties. I know there are others too. LL&P, Mr. Nimoy.


134 posted on 02/27/2015 12:22:16 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: Raymann
Is this Beastie part of the tour?

He always had a soft spot for critters. RIP

135 posted on 02/27/2015 12:27:54 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro
http://starwrecked.com/contents/other-parts/Original-Series-Leonard-Nimoy-Spock/The-Man-from-UNCLE-The-Project-Strigas-Affair-0.jpghttp://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/8c/bd/72/8cbd72edcf7538f6c6eb302f5912aa47.jpg

Pre-Trek 'The Man From UNCLE' Season 1 ep ("The Project Strigas Affair") featuring Mr. Spock, Colonel Klink AND Captain Kirk…

136 posted on 02/27/2015 12:34:30 PM PST by mikrofon (RIP, Mr. Nimoy)
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To: Sans-Culotte
What a perfect blend of actor and role. Nimoy was of Ukranian/Jewish exctraction, and had that asiatic look you’d sometimes see in Soviet leaders like Brezhnev. He frankly looked odd playing westerners and was often cast as a heavy. But Spock, with the ears and calm/placid demeanor fit him like a glove. Nobody looks as much like a Vulcan as Nimoy (save perhaps Mark Lenard, who played Spock’s father). R.I.P., Mr. Nimoy!

I noticed that too, I remember Nimoy "looked Asian enough" where in the episode, "City On The Edge Of Forever," Kirk "explained" Spock's ears to the 1930's era policeman where Spock's "head was caught in a mechanical rice picker" in China. People did get around a lot more than we thought in ancient times to now. Another actor who has an Asiatic look is the one who played Mingo, Ed Ames, is Ukranian IIRC. Ames is pushing 90. I do agree, Nimoy and Lenard were the best looking Vulcans.
137 posted on 02/27/2015 12:36:27 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: SeekAndFind

RIP.

End of an era.


138 posted on 02/27/2015 12:43:56 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: SeekAndFind
Leonard Nimoy in a small role in Them! (1954), about giant ants.


139 posted on 02/27/2015 12:50:27 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: SeekAndFind

140 posted on 02/27/2015 12:53:26 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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