He will be sadly missed.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
So how many of the original cast and secondary crew are left?
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
Most, to my knowledge.
The only main stars to have died are DeForrest Kelley (Bones) and now Doohan. And, of course, Thre Great Bird of the Galaxy (Roddenberry).
Plenty of secondary characters and guest stars have passed on.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Crap.
I didn't know his middle name was Montgomery. They must've named his character after him.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
Fathering a child at 80 is strange business.
Anyway, he led a full life.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Most certainly.
I didn't know he lived in Redmond, Washington.
Posted by thesonofodin (Member # 1025) on :
It is a sad day when we lose such a beloved member of the family. James Doohan will be missed sorely. I will say that the character he created in Scotty, inspired me to always be able to be a miracle worker, in every sense of the word. Now, he joins Bones and The Great Bird of the Galaxy, in the heavens, to inspire us all. Godspeed James.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
This saddens me greatly. Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
So long, Scotty.
Posted by Wee Bairns (Member # 1324) on :
RIP, Jimmy Doohan. You'll be missed, laddie. Hope somebody will look after yer "poor wee bairns."
(Where do you think my username came from?)
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Goodbye to an actor that created one of pop culture's most memorable characters.
I have a book on tape (Kabayshi Maru) that he did the reading for that is very impressive in his range....a good listen, if you have not heard it, download it.
Man, I hope I'm still able to father kids at 80! Talk about verility....
quote:The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on screen), four in his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case
Woah.
Yahoo really could have chosen a better picture- fuckos.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
They don't say whether his last words were "beam me up, Goddy"...
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Or "she canna take any more, Grim!".
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:In 1973, he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."
God speed, Mr. Doohan.
He'll always be Scotty, there will always be Star Trek. What a legacy!
Oh, he also died on the Anniversary of the First Moon Landing.
Look at the picture slide show - accessed on the left of the screen. The third one calls Spock "Dr. Spock". Bah!
Another headline says he's ashes will be sent into space! Did De Forrest Kelly's go to space or only Gene Roddenberry's, so far?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I doubt DeForrest's were. I don't get the impression that he embraced his typecasting as much as Doohan did.
Posted by Bones McCoy (Member # 1480) on :
Goodbye, Mr. Doohan. May the wind be at your back. "To absent friends..."
Posted by dbutler1986 (Member # 1689) on :
Sad, sad business. Makes me feel like a part of my childhood's died. It also makes me wonder how Shatner manages to remain so youthful in appearance and attitude.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
He's doing adverts for Bran Flakes over here. It's quite impressive actually, considering he's well in his 70s by now (isn't he?)
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, his hair is certainly not...
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
William Shatner is the oldest of the remaining original series actors at age 74. Leonard Nimoy is next; he's only four days younger than Shatner. Nichelle Nichols is next at 72 with Walter Koenig and George Takei at 68 (Koenig's a few months older than Takei). This trivial information was brought to you by too much time on my hands.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Wow- they could all be my grandfather (yes, even Nichols- STV convinced me- she's a man).
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
If we include a few of the recurring characters, Grace Lee Whitney is the oldest of them all at 75. Majel Barrett Roddenberry is 73.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Tough to think of the once-bueatiful Rand as a fossil.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
We're next.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
How old is Patrick Stewart? How heavy is Kirstie Alley? Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Patrick Stewart is younger than everyone still alive from the original series; Stewart just turned 65 a couple weeks ago. As of August 2004, Kirstie Alley weighed approximately 220 pounds.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Mabye she can use Robin Curtis as a sort of "Picture of Dorian Gray" for her weight....
Stewart looked to be about 200 years old in Nemesis but only in his 50's in the last X-Men movie.
I guess they really spackle that makeup into his wrinkles for the Professor X role.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Or they tried to age Stewart for Nemesis. One of the (failed) points of the movie was that Picard was supposed to be feeling his age and lamenting personal decisions that he made (not getting married, no kids, etc.). A mid-life crisis, I suppose, which was to partly explain his giddiness in the Argo Jeep. Somewhere along the line, though, all that stuff got cut.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I thought that as well but I've seen Stewart in interviews in thr last year- he's old.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Somewhere along the line, though, all that stuff got cut."
Because the producers had a fever and the only cure was MORE JEEP!
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
....if only they'd used Keflex instead...
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
He's appearaing in Ricky Gervais' new show Extras in a coupla weeks. Should be interesting to see what state he's in.
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