Leonard Nimoy has died

[Bob]

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Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

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[Bob]

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[shadowstalker]

Lovely man, he is probably on a real space ship by now.

[kaon]

R.I.P. He did live long and prosper(d).

[shadowstalker]

And probably greeting people saying "Welcome To The U.S.S. Fringe" Ding Ding Ding.

[Lifebringer]

Gosh he's the reason I became a "Trekkie." That's two of our disclosure guys during our age. Robin Williams and Leonard Nemoy. Gonna miss him terribly. Go boldly Leonard.

Cheers!

[Bob]

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many tears in the matrix today...

[Camilo]

R.I.P Leonard, farewell on your journey!

[korgh]

I'm very sad.. really.
Leonard Nimoy was an extraordinary human being and reference when i was young and for sure for many others.
Farewell Mr. Spock in your new journey.

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Lovely man, he is probably on a real space ship by now.

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Probably he is aboard of a Bird of Prey "again" and is arriving in Vulcan but who knows?

[ghostrider]

the character he played was the shining example of what humanity could be , if we used logic , manners , and pure science , embracing possibilities beyond our current understanding of how things are ... I wager there is a lineage of people out there , that are as he portrayed ... He will be missed , sad day for me , Spock was what we should have been all along ... from the days of my childhood in the 70's live long and prosper old friend , you carried me through many a hard times .... I thank you for that ...:(

[korgh]

the character he played was the shining example of what humanity could be , if we used logic , manners , and pure science , embracing possibilities beyond our current understanding of how things are ... I wager there is a lineage of people out there , that are as he portrayed ... He will be missed , sad day for me , Spock was what we should have been all along ... from the days of my childhood in the 70's live long and prosper old friend , you carried me through many a hard times .... I thank you for that ...:(

Same feelings here, my friend.

[Star Tsar]

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This past summer I was walking my mothers dog and found a book sitting in a dingey corner it caught the corner of my eye instantly like if some one left it there just for me!
PERFECT CONDITION, softback, 22 years old, the books title is Star Trek Memories written by William Shatner & Chris Kreski.
Its a real good read with lots of behind the scences photos & info see if you can grab it if you can.



the character he played was the shining example of what humanity could be , if we used logic , manners , and pure science, embracing possibilities beyond our current understanding of how things are

I concur and will add the balance of humanity to that mix sometimes he (Spock) battled with that issue...

[M0JFK]

Poor sod, RIP. Looking forward to all the re-runs in his honour.

[M0JFK]

Cant we just zap him with our fazers and bring him back to life like we did with the ships photonic crystals to the warp drive Scottie? I don't think we canee do it captain.

[KiwiElf]

"You have been, and always shall be, our friend ...
take the second star to the right, and straight on till morning, ... LLAP"

[Bob]

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you're not alone..


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[Wind]

In Search Of... (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLft0vOv0DuPV_h3wzWFzFsCYVTDA2Aru2) Series episode Atlantis - narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
He also was the voice of the king of Atlantis in an animated movie called Atlantis: The Lost Empire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnwf093Zq24).

Rest in peace, friend.

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[Bob]

George Takei took to his Facebook to mourn his Star Trek castmate's passing. "Today, the world lost a great man, and I lost a great friend," Takei wrote. "We return you now to the stars, Leonard. You taught us to 'Live Long And Prosper,' and you indeed did, friend. I shall miss you in so many, many ways."



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[Jules]

In Search Of... (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLft0vOv0DuPV_h3wzWFzFsCYVTDA2Aru2) Series episode Atlantis - narrated by Leonard Nimoy.

Rest in peace, friend.

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I was just remembering him from the series In Search Of.....

[Bob]

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The Genesis Planet was an uninhabited planet located in the Genesis sector, a region of space in the Mutara sector.
When the Genesis Device exploded, which resulted in the destruction of the USS Reliant,
the planet was formed from the coalescence and cooling of the gas and dust of the Mutara Nebula.

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[Bob]

Leonard's last tweets..


I will be sharing my poetry.

Today's is, "You and I have Learned," which is in my book,

These Words Are for You.

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His last message was -


A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.

[Cidersomerset]

SPOCK MEMORIAL(The legend has died age 83)

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27 February 2015 Last updated at 20:08

Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek's Mr Spock, dies at 83

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The BBC's David Sillito looks back at the life of Leonard Nimoy

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US actor Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr Spock in the cult sci-fi series Star Trek,
has died at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, his family has said.His son, Adam, said he
died of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Friday morning.

Nimoy had a long career as both an actor and director.

However he was best known for his portrayal of the half-human, half-Vulcan
character in both the TV franchise and series of films.Last year, the actor revealed
he was suffering chronic lung disease COPD, despite stopping smoking 30 years
ago.It was reported earlier this week he had been taken to hospital on 19 February
after suffering from chest pains.He later tweeted: "A life is like a garden. Perfect
moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory."

He signed off what was to be his final tweet with "LLAP" - a reference to his
character's famous catchphrase, "Live long and prosper".


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The same Twitter account was used by his granddaughter to confirm that he died at
home on Friday in Bel-Air, California.

Dani Nimoy said her grandfather was an "extraordinary man, husband, grandfather,
brother, actor, author - the list goes on - and friend."

She added that special merchandise was being added to Nimoy's website, with all
proceeds going to the COPD foundation.

George Takei, who played Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek and was a friend of Nimoy's,
paid tribute to the actor.

"The word extraordinary is often overused but I think it's really appropriate for
Leonard", Mr Takei told US broadcaster MSNBC.

"He was an extraordinarily talented man but he was also a very decent human being."

Among the torrent of tributes on Twitter was a message from Nasa crediting Nimoy
and Star Trek as an inspiration.

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Thousands took to Twitter to pay tribute after Nimoy's death was announced,
including Star Trek actors past and present.

William Shatner, who as Captain Kirk acted alongside Nimoy for years in Star Trek,
said he loved the actor "like a brother".

"We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love," Mr Shatner said on Twitter.


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Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy often gave Spock's famous salute
Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation,
said: "We stood on your shoulders, and wouldn't have had a galaxy to explore if
you hadn't been there, first. Thank you, Leonard, Rest in peace."

More than a Vulcan

It was Nimoy's casting as Spock in 1966 that made him in a star and, in many
ways, defined his acting career.He played the character in all three of the original
series of the programme and later in several big-screen spin offs.Nimoy had an
ambivalent relationship with Spock, seeming to both cherish and resent his close
association with the role.His two volumes of autobiography - "I Am Not Spock" in
1975 and "I Am Spock" two decades later - seemed to epitomise his mixed feelings.

Continue reading the main story Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015 83when he died

1965 appeared in rejected Star Trek pilot The Cage

1966-69 played Spock in original Star Trek series

4 Emmy award nominations, 3 for his character Spock

2013 appeared in Star Trek Into Darkness - his last film

Nimoy did have success outside of his Spock costume, in both acting and directing,
and he pursued music, painting, and photography.After the end of Star Trek's initial
run, he played master of disguise Paris in the hit adventure series Mission
Impossible.Later he directed two of the Star Trek films, The Search for Spock and
The Voyage Home, and in 1987 helmed the hit comedy Three Men and a Baby, one
of the highest-grossing films of that year.Nimoy announced that he was suffering
from COPD last year, writing: "I quit smoking 30 years ago. Not soon enough.
Grandpa says, quit now!!"

COPD is an umbrella term for several lung diseases including chronic bronchitis,
emphysema and some forms of bronchiectasis. Sufferers experience increasing
breathlessness during the advanced stages of the disease but it can be
symptomless for a long time as it develops.

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Leonard Nimoy: Biography

1931 Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrants Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy

1951 Bit-part Hollywood debut in Queen for a Day

1954 Marries Sandra Zober. Two children, Julie and and Adam, follow.

1966 Cast as Spock in Star Trek, which turns Nimoy into a star

1969 Joins cast of Mission: Impossible and plays The Great Paris for two years

1979 Reprises role as Spock in the first big-screen version of Star Trek

1987 Directs the hugely successful comedy Three Men and a Baby

1989 Stars in Star Trek V and then Star Trek VI in 1991

2009 Comes out of retirement to play Spock in new Star Trek films directed by JJ Abrams

2014 Reveals diagnosis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a progressive lung condition

2015 Passes away in Los Angeles

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[KiwiElf]

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[Agape]

I was searching for an explanation to the 'Vulcan greeting' and this is what I found :

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What does Spock’s famous “Vulcan salute” have to do with Jewish symbolism and the words of Christ in John 10:10? Quite a lot, actually. Here’s Leonard Nimoy to explain the first bit, which begins during filming on the TOS episode “Amok Time.”

So, Spock’s ubiquitous hand sign is a modified version of a Jewish gesture representing the name of God. That means that any time Spock or any other Vulcan greets someone in this fashion, they are, in certain sense, giving a blessing in the name of Yahweh. That’s significant. This isn’t just a general reference to an idea of God or a “god thing,” to use Gene Roddenberry’s words, but a symbol of the God of the Hebrew people, the God of the Bible.

It seems clear that the case is not so much that it was Nimoy’s intention to make the Vulcans a Jewish or even theistic race, but that his Hebraic heritage was a natural place from which to draw inspiration for this ritualistic greeting. Nevertheless, this is yet another very specific link to Biblical faith in Star Trek. It doesn’t mean that Star Trek on the whole has any agenda toward associating itself with Judaism or Christianity, but taken as part of a whole family of seeming coincidences of this nature, it does fuel the notion that there is perhaps something Divine at work in the Star Trek story.

But the salute itself is only part of the traditional Vulcan greeting. There are spoken words as well. With some degree of variance over the many episodes and films in which it is depicted, the exchange is usually, “Peace and long life,” followed by the more famous response phrase, “Live long and prosper.” This exchange carries two levels of significance.

First, as pointed out by Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, these twin phrases reflect a traditional Jewish greeting, which consists of the phrases, “Shalom aleichem” and “Aleichem shalom.” In English, the words are “Peace be upon you” and “Upon you be peace.” Though it’s not a perfect reflection, it’s quite close. But there is an even closer resemblance elsewhere: namely, in the words of Jesus.

“Peace and long life” is a good representation of the Jewish greeting “Peace be upon you,” but what about the much more well-known “Live long and prosper?” In the Gospel of John, Jesus defines his role and intentions as the Good Shepherd in part by contrasting himself with Satan. “The thief,” he says, “comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.” (John 10:10) Here, Jesus says quite literally that he has come so that we may “live long and prosper.”

This becomes particularly interesting when we look at Spock as a Christ figure. Like Jesus, he comes to us in the name of Yahweh God. Like Jesus, he says he wants us to have life and the abundance thereof. Like Jesus, he ultimately sacrifices himself for those he loves and is victorious over death. It is therefore not insignificant that, as he dies, Spock’s last words to Kirk in Star Trek II are “Live long and prosper.” It is because of Spock’s sacrifice that Kirk is able to do just that. In the same way, we live because of Christ’s sacrifice.

So, in the Vulcan salute and its accompanying verbal greetings, we have a representation of the name of Yahweh God, a phrase that echoes a traditional Jewish blessing and a response that echoes the words of Jesus and the victory over death that he accomplished. The greeting therefore acts as a bridge between Star Trek, Judaism and Jesus that speaks to the beautiful fulfillment of the Jewish faith that comes in Christ.

The fact that all these elements are “accidentally” bundled around a “coincidental” Christ figure like Spock is, in my view, truly remarkable. It’s just one more way of seeing God at work in Star Trek and one more reason Spock is “fascinating!”



Quite fascinating ..

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Bon Voyage

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[Sith73]

Great Man!!

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[Kimberley]

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[DNA]

If you haven't seen this bruno mars song with Leonard Nimoy you should check it out.


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[Sunny-side-up]

I am convinced
I am convinced
That if all mankind
Could only gather together
In one circle
Arms on each other’s shoulders
And dance, laugh and cry
together
Then much
of the tension and burden
of life
Would fall away
In the knowledge that
We are all children
Needing and wanting
Each other’s
Comfort and
Understanding
We are all children
Searching for love

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Greatly more than a Treker, Have fun and be amazed!
LOVE

[korgh]

1965: The Legend is born

He made his first appearance in the Star Trek pilot "The Cage, and went on to play the character of Spock until 1969, followed by eight feature films and guest slots in the various spin-off series. The character has had a significant cultural impact and garnered Nimoy three Emmy Awards nominations.
TV Guide named Spock one of the 50 greatest TV characters.

THE CAGE (Star Trek - The Original Series [1x00]) Full episode.

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We will miss him deeply.

[joeecho]

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[lucidity]

Hello Siblings,

His last tweet was:


Life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had,
but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP


I presume "LLAP" stands for Live Long And Prosper.

Also interesting is his twitter account name:
@TheRealNimoy.

An intelligently witty name to choose and in apt
contrast to the phrase 'the real McCoy'...
(McCoy as in the doctor on Star Trek).

Nimoy's first autobiography (1975) was entitled 'I am not Spock'
Nimoy's second autobiography (1995) was entitled 'I am Spock'.
I notice that both are available for download on piratebay (note: as audio books)
https://tpb.piraten.lu/torrent/11726912/I_Am_Not_Spock_-_Leonard_Nimoy_%281975%29%5Bmp3_audiobook%5D
https://tpb.piraten.lu/torrent/10353249/I_Am_Spock_-_Leonard_Nimoy_1995_%5Bmp3_AUDIO_read_by_Nimoy%5D

be happy

lucidity :-)

[Bob]

Nichelle Nichols shares her sentiments, thoughts about Leonard..


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I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend Leonard Nimoy.

But, I also want to celebrate his extraordinary life.

He was a true force of strength and his character was that of a champion.

Leonard’s integrity and passion as an actor and devotion to his craft helped transport STAR TREK into television history.

His vision and heart are bigger than the universe. I will miss him very much and send heartfelt wishes to his family.


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[Bob]

Genesis

the dialog

McCoy: Dear Lord. You think we're intelligent enough to... suppose... what if this thing were used where life already exists?

Spock: It would destroy such life in favor of its new matrix.

McCoy: Its "new matrix"? Do you have any idea what you're saying?

Spock: I was not attempting to evaluate its moral implications, Doctor. As a matter of cosmic history, it has always been easier to destroy than to create.

McCoy: Not anymore; now we can do both at the same time! According to myth, the Earth was created in six days. Now, watch out! Here comes Genesis! We'll do it for you in six minutes!

Spock: Really, Dr. McCoy. You must learn to govern your passions; they will be your undoing. Logic suggests...

McCoy: Logic? My God, the man's talking about logic; we're talking about universal Armageddon! You green-blooded, inhuman...


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After Spock saves the Ship..

McCoy: He's not really dead. As long as we remember him.

Kirk: It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done before. A far better resting place that I go to than I have ever known.

Carol Marcus: Is that a poem?

Kirk: No. Something Spock was trying to tell me. On my birthday.

McCoy: You okay, Jim? How do you feel?

Kirk: Young. I feel young.

[Bob]

Walter Koenig - 'Chekov'

The eulogies for Leonard will be affirmative, loving and respectful.


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That’s what people confirm after the passing of others, whether or not they draw an accurate picture.

It is my honor to say that in this case it’s true; Leonard Nimoy was all those things.

He had great professionalism as an actor. On the set he was consistently the character he played.

In fact, I got to know Mr. Spock long before I knew the actor who played him.

It was a mark of his integrity that he was so loyal to the role he portrayed.


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When I finally did get to know the man better I discovered his compassion, his intelligence and his humanity.

All of which laid the foundation for his keen sense of philanthropy.

I was struck by his integrity and his desire to be honest and straight forward in all he did.

We were never close friends but I never stopped believing that if I ever had need for such a friend he would be there.


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[KiwiElf]

To a Star Trek fan like me, Leonard Nimoy meant everything

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Star Trek is the best fictional universe ever created and Mr Spock was the finest thing about it, says One Trek Mind columnist and writer Jordan Hoffman

If you were a kid who liked Star Trek in the mid-1980s it was something you kept to yourself. I don’t know how a major franchise, a huge source of revenue for large entertainment conglomerates, could also be a secret shame, but it was. If you liked that “gay show with cheap sets” as one of my tormentors put it, you weren’t sitting at this lunch table, no way.

And when you have to go back to school each day and face the kids who laugh at you (as all kids laugh at all kids, but some more than others) you need to find a coping strategy. Mr Spock, the greatest thing about the best fictional universe ever created, had the solution right there in his very first scene. After hearing the term “irritated” he gives a puzzled look, then, spoken at a distance, a revelation: “Ahh, yes. One of your Earth emotions.”

Laugh at us all you want, but we Star Trek fans? We are operating on a different level.

My mother, who referred to the show as Star Dreck, would snap off the TV and tell me to do my homework, that there was always a Red Alert, and, as if daring me, said there are no careers in watching Star Trek. She admitted defeat when I started writing the One Trek Mind column on StarTrek.com, and began hosting panels at Star Trek conventions. And she just called to say she was sorry about the passing of “Dr Spock”, and I’ll never quite know if that famous malapropism was intentional.

In 2007, I went to the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas with a videographer who had never once seen an episode. He’d heard the title, but couldn’t even name any of the Captains. I got the clear sense that his ignorance was deliberate, and proud. But when he saw a poster with Leonard Nimoy and his pointy ears, even he couldn’t keep up the charade: “Oh, yeah, that’s Spock. That’s an icon.”

Indeed. Chaplin’s tramp, Nimoy’s ears. To argue which has a greater impact would be illogical.

The stories of how Nimoy personally tweaked the character of Spock to perfection have been told numerous times. He felt slugging a villain was too boorish, so suggested an alternative that became the Vulcan Nerve Pinch. (This would be season one, episode five, The Enemy Within, but we all know the best use was in season one, episode 23, A Taste of Armageddon.)

The Vulcan salute (first seen when Spock is greeted by High Priestess T’Pau in season two, episode one, Amok Time) was something Nimoy cribbed from seeing as a child in orthodox synagogues.

But beyond these factoids is the sense that Nimoy, through his association with the character, was a living representation of the Utopia that Star Trek represented. Unlike his loveable comrade William Shatner goofing around on horseback, Nimoy appealed to the audience’s more cerebral side. For post-Trek trash television I’ll take In Search Of … over Rescue 911 any day.

Nimoy took this in stride. In his two autobiographies, he joked how scientists at Nasa and JPL would want to show him their latest work, and he would nod and pretend he knew what they were talking about, never wanting to disillusion them that he was just an actor. Famously, that first book was 1975’s I Am Not Spock, the title misinterpreted as a diss to Star Trek fans. Really it was a way to tell his story in comparison with that of his most famous character. This, of course, was followed up by 1995’s I Am Spock, giving us all the opportunity to say “I knew it!”

When he died earlier this week, Nimoy was just shy of his 84th birthday. He overcame a battle with alcoholism. He had tremendous comic timing, especially since his character was supposed to show no emotion. He was a key player in the early fight against Holocaust deniers. I only met him once, for 30 seconds. I showed him my Vulcan Salute, and he smiled warmly and gave me a compliment – as if every other idiot doesn’t come up and do the same thing.

How much does Nimoy mean to the hardcore Star Trek fan? Let’s just say I own his albums and sometimes, when it is just me and quiet of night, I play them without a Planck length of irony. Listen to his ode to the heavens You Are Not Alone and tell me it isn’t a beautiful melody? Let’s also just say that I can’t even think about that final scene between Nimoy and the “New Spock” Zachary Quinto at the close of JJ Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek without sobbing. Especially today.

Spock is dead, they say. Long live Spock!

[joeecho]

Walter Koenig 'Chekov' eulogy posted above is particularly touching and thought provoking.

I cannot help but highlight these word for their depth of meaning:

In fact, I got to know Mr. Spock long before I knew the actor who played him.
It was a mark of his integrity that he was so loyal to the role he portrayed.

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[KiwiElf]

This one had me in stiches...

Kirk Once Stole Spock's Buick Riviera

http://jalopnik.com/kirk-once-stole-spocks-buick-riviera-1688491655

"It's a sad day today, because everyone's favorite (non-ALF) alien had passed. And while Leonard Nimoy wasn't necessarily known as a huge gearhead, he seemed to have good taste in cars, and has at least this one good car-related story. It involves Spock, Kirk, a bike, and a Buick Riviera.

During the three seasons that the original Star Trek series was on the air, Leonard Nimoy did pretty well — well enough to own one of the most stylish cars around at the time — a first-gen Buick Riviera. While not as flamboyant as the later boat-tail Rivieras of the '70s, these first Rivieras were tailored and dramatic looking, and, unusually for a GM product, had a completely unique body, not shared across the GM line. This was a very cool car to have in 1966, and as you can see by the pictures, Leonard Nimoy was quite proud of his car.

So, the bike. It seems Spock liked to keep a bike on set, so he could get to the commissary for lunch in enough time to get back to makeup and get his ears touched up and all that. William Shatner, TV's Captain Kirk, though, decided it would be more fun to steal Spock's bike every now and then. Spock eventually got so frustrated that he locked the bike up in the trunk of his Riviera, so the Captain then decided to just steal the whole car and bike, by having them towed away. 1

Here, it's much funnier when you hear them tell it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nxcw7ln9AU#t=89



RIP, Spock. I'm sure you'll have a mint Riviera, with a bike in the trunk, wherever you end up."

[Cidersomerset]

I just saw this article and must add Sheldons dream with Toy Spock...LOL

The Big Bang Theory pays touching tribute to Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy

The late actor and his Star Trek character Mr Spock are regularly referenced in the hit comedy series
By Sarah Doran
Friday 6 March 2015 at 11:20AM

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The Big Bang Theory paid homage to Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy last night.

The actor, who passed away aged 83 on February 27th, is often referenced in the US sitcom and
his Star Trek character Mr Spock is revered by the characters Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raaj.
So it was no surprise that creator Chuck Lorre used the show's vanity card – the still at the end
of the credits that usually features the producer's details – to pay tribute to Nimoy and his legacy.

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Lorre kept his eulogy short but moving: "The impact you had on our show and on our lives is everlasting", it read.

Nimoy made a memorable cameo on The Big Bang Theory back in 2012, lending his voice to an
episode during which Sheldon battled his desires to play with a Mr Spock doll.

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We're sure his influence on The Big Bang Theory, much like Mr Spock, will live long and prosper.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-03-06/the-big-bang-theory-pays-touching-tribute-to-star-treks-leonard-nimoy

[Wind]

Had to share this portrait.

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[TheBeYonder]

When Leonard Nimoy dies (hopefully in the very far distant future),

he’ll have the words “I Was Spock,” written on his grave.

That’s because he’s known worldwide and beyond as the logical pointy-eared Vulcan from Star Trek.

But even his many fans, some of whom can tell you that Spock’s blood type is T-Negative,
might not know much about the actor who plays him.

So to celebrate Nimoy’s natal day, here are a few fun facts.

He’s more than an actor.

The multitalented Nimoy does more than act. As a director, he helmed Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV:
The Voyage Home, and several other non-Trek related projects.

As a writer, he’s written two autobiographies, I Am Not Spock and I Am Spock, plus he’s released seven books of poetry.


And as a photographer, his photos have appeared in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and the R. Michaelson Galleries.

(In one of his projects, “Secret Selves,” he photographed people in their alter egos, such as a wood sprite or a shark.)

He sings too. Unlike his friend and fellow Trekker, William Shatner, who tried to sing but ended up wailing instead,
Nimoy has a decent soft rock/ballad voice. Click here for a listen to “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” and “If I Was a Carpenter.”

Of course, he’ll forever be known for this camp classic, which makes me laugh out loud every time I see it:

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Star Trek wasn’t his first science fiction role.

No, that honor belongs to the B-movie Zombies of the Stratosphere.
Later, Nimoy appeared in the wonderfully underrated giant-ant movie, Them! And let’s not forget his role in The Twilight Zone episode, “A Quality of Mercy.”

For a look at his portrayal of Narab the Zombie, check this out.

http://video.pbs.org/video/1716509997/

[TheBeYonder]

He created the character of Spock based on the words “Be different.”

Nimoy told the Archive of American Television (AAT) that he was in a scene where the Enterprise was in danger. Nimoy explains that all of the actors on set were reacting, and he got caught up in the moment and spoke his one line a little overenthusiastically: “Fascinating!”

Nimoy said he received a note from the director (which the AAT later attributed to Joseph Sargeant) that said,

“Be different. Be the scientist. Be detached. See it as something that’s a curiosity rather than a threat.”

And with that, Nimoy delivered the line with the Vulcan restraint that made the character famous. Nimoy said, “A big chunk of the character was born right there.”


(Start video at 17:41.)

Another person who helped him develop the role of Spock was Shatner. According to Nimoy, Jeffrey Hunter, who played Captain Christopher Pike in the pilot episode, “The Cage,” played a quiet character, which forced Nimoy to bring more energy to the scene. When Shatner came aboard the Enterprise as Kirk, Nimoy was able to reel in his character and perform a more thoughtful role.

He can take himself as unseriously as Shatner.

This video of Bruno Mars’ “The Lazy Song” proves it

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He has his own Etsy shop.

Etsy, the craft website, contains thousands of individual “shops,” and Nimoy’s is one of them.
Mostly he sells t-shirts. Previous sales included “hand-made” t-shirts with his autograph.

He tweets.

Although not as prolifically as, oh my, George Takei, Nimoy sends us e-love whenever he gets to it. And he ends all of his messages with the letters, “LLAP.”

Live long and prosper to you too!

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