AP is reporting that Leonard Nimoy has passed, according to his son.
RIP Mr. Spock :( :'(
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/02/27/leonard-nimoy-spock-star-trek-dead-at-83/
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My daughter just informed me of that.
Live long and prosper.
RIP Leonard Nimoy....
You created one of the most beloved and recognized characters ever found in science fiction and you lived your life with class and good humor. Because of you, I spent hours as a boy learning to do the Vulcan salute, then followed you again into space through the many Star Trek movies. I got misty-eyed when you saved the Enterprise in Star Trek II and some of the phrases Mr. Spock uttered became a part of modern folklore. You entertained, inspired many and became an enduring symbol of science fiction. The world is made a little less by your passing, the stars made a little brighter.
Very, very sad. May sound corny but I wouldn't be who I am today without TOS. Rest in peace Mr. Nimoy. :'(
:'(
Oh, man... :-\
RIP, sir.
Wow... just wow ...
RIP
I feared this was coming. Very sad news.
I had the good fortune of seeing him speak in person when I was in high school. It was a genuine high point of my youth.
Condolences to his loved ones. RIP.
bollocks
:'(
Goodbye Leonard... :(
Rest in peace, Mr. Spock. :(
His work here is done... one more to beam up.
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Just saw the sad news. RIP. :-[
celebrities passing away usually doesnt bother me.
but this is quite different. like a beloved piece of a younger me being taken away or something.
Wow. This really hit me hard
He lived long and prospered. May we all do as well as Nimoy
Con
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 27, 2015, 01:31:10 PM
celebrities passing away usually doesnt bother me.
but this is quite different. like a beloved piece of a younger me being taken away or something.
+1
i am feeling old, tired and sad atm :-\
Quote from: undercovergeek on February 27, 2015, 01:00:17 PM
bollocks
:'(
Pretty much my immediate reaction too. This one hurts. :(
Amen
:'( :'( :'(
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/hollywood-mourns-leonard-nimoy-death-180020083.html
Feeling really depressed now.
The ship is out of danger.
Quote from: Steelgrave on February 27, 2015, 12:35:07 PM
RIP Leonard Nimoy....
You created one of the most beloved and recognized characters ever found in science fiction and you lived your life with class and good humor. Because of you, I spent hours as a boy learning to do the Vulcan salute, then followed you again into space through the many Star Trek movies. I got misty-eyed when you saved the Enterprise in Star Trek II and some of the phrases Mr. Spock uttered became a part of modern folklore. You entertained, inspired many and became an enduring symbol of science fiction. The world is made a little less by your passing, the stars made a little brighter.
What Steelgrave said.
Plus: I hope you died in a State of Grace and will be one with God's Peace and Mercy.
a photo my cousin posted:
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shit seems to be getting in my eyes today....
Reading the news of his death announced today was like a punch in the gut to me. Even though I'd heard he was in the hospital (and was of course not a young man), it didn't seem possible that he would leave us just yet. He will be sorely missed. :'(
RIP, Mr. Nimoy. Thanks for all you did. May your spirit rest easy on its journey to the final frontier.
Quite sad news.
supposedly his last tweet
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Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 27, 2015, 01:31:10 PM
celebrities passing away usually doesnt bother me.
but this is quite different. like a beloved piece of a younger me being taken away or something.
...This...
R.I.P. Mr. Nimoy :'(
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 27, 2015, 01:31:10 PM
celebrities passing away usually doesnt bother me.
but this is quite different. like a beloved piece of a younger me being taken away or something.
Yes, this sums it up for me. To borrow a lyric from The Kinks, "Part of my childhood died, just died."
RIP Mr. Nimoy. I commend your soul to God and ask His Holy Spirit for his family. May they know peace, comfort, and solace in this, their time of need.
I am so sorry. RIP. My first exposure to Leonard Nimoy was In Search Of when I was around 5 years old...it creeped me the hell out, in a good way, and led to a fascination in the macabre that I still have. Thank you Leonard Nimoy.
Quote from: Gusington on February 27, 2015, 07:12:51 PM
I am so sorry. RIP. My first exposure to Leonard Nimoy was In Search Of when I was around 5 years old...it creeped me the hell out, in a good way, and led to a fascination in the macabre that I still have. Thank you Leonard Nimoy.
I loved In Search Of. I had forgotten about it until now. Thanks for the reminder, Gus.
I hadn't really thought about how it shaped me until now, but it did.
Quote from: Gusington on February 27, 2015, 07:23:36 PM
I hadn't really thought about how it shaped me until now, but it did.
In Search Of and
Unsolved Mysteries were two of my favorites. Good stuff.
Quote from: Steelgrave on February 27, 2015, 07:19:30 PM
Quote from: Gusington on February 27, 2015, 07:12:51 PM
I am so sorry. RIP. My first exposure to Leonard Nimoy was In Search Of when I was around 5 years old...it creeped me the hell out, in a good way, and led to a fascination in the macabre that I still have. Thank you Leonard Nimoy.
I loved In Search Of. I had forgotten about it until now. Thanks for the reminder, Gus.
The WaPo had a nice obit on him and mentioned In Search Of. Apparently it ran for six years - I didn't realize it was that long. http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/leonard-nimoy-a-pop-culture-force-as-spock-of-star-trek/2015/02/27/20867702-bea4-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert
And if y'all don't mind (I normally don't do this, but LNL isn't exactly a competitor's site but rather complementary) I'll share a link to my own obit: http://forums.lnlpublishing.com/xz-articles/leonard-nimoy-passes.23/
Damn it, Jim!
(I got something in my eye while reading your LNL piece...)
+1 on In Search Of...my dad loved that show.
That, and late Saturday nights involving SNL with the old school crew and then immediately afterwards, an episode of ST: TOS. Those were the days.
It was Honeymooners, then Start Trek: the Original Series, then the original Twilight Zone for me. Good times.
Tales from the Dark Side?
Ran across this commercial this evening. Brought a nice chuckle.
Ive always liked that one.
NASA Astronaut Tony Virts Vulcan Salute to Leonard Nimoy over his birth state of Massachusetts
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Cool. If only he had done the Vulcan salute correctly. Sorry, it's the inner-nerd in me. :P
Ouch :(
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^Damn
sad now
Shat won't be there :(
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/william-shatner-will-miss-leonard-nimoy%E2%80%99s-funeral/ar-BBi5GVf?ocid=mailsignout
Quote from: MetalDog on February 28, 2015, 09:15:03 PM
Shat won't be there :(
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/william-shatner-will-miss-leonard-nimoy%E2%80%99s-funeral/ar-BBi5GVf?ocid=mailsignout
Under the circumstances I think Leonard Nimoy would understand.
Long Beach comic expo's moment of silence and tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T50lckU5B-Y#t=148 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T50lckU5B-Y#t=148)
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 28, 2015, 08:10:16 PM
Ouch :(
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Geeze. You're right.
I hate being right this time. :-\
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 01, 2015, 12:54:20 AM
I hate being right this time. :-\
Yeah, in that instance I have a saying: the only thing I hate more than being wrong is being right.
Quote from: Staggerwing on February 28, 2015, 08:17:01 PM
^Damn
sad now
Same. Hard to believe all three of them are gone now. :(
Quote from: WallysWorld on March 01, 2015, 12:28:21 AM
Long Beach comic expo's moment of silence and tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T50lckU5B-Y#t=148 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T50lckU5B-Y#t=148)
Okay, that's very cool. Thanks for sharing
WW.
Quote from: LongBlade on March 01, 2015, 12:34:54 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 28, 2015, 08:10:16 PM
Ouch :(
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Geeze. You're right.
I'm sorry to learn Leonard Nimoy has passed on. :( I guess George Takei (Sulu) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) will have to keep Shat company. ::)
Quote from: Boggit on March 01, 2015, 07:59:39 PM
I'm sorry to learn Leonard Nimoy has passed on. :( I guess George Takei (Sulu) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) will have to keep Shat company. ::)
I read a story earlier today that some of the Trek community was up in arms because Shatner was at a big fundraiser in Florida for the Red Cross and chose to stay there and help the charity rather than cancel and fly back for Nimoy's funeral.
Sheesh. Everyone grieves in different ways. Can't we reserve just a bit of judgment on this?
If I was in his shoes I wouldnt have gone. to do so makes it something else that may not be what the family wants. it shouldnt be a trek funeral after all.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 01, 2015, 10:26:03 PM
If I was in his shoes I wouldnt have gone. to do so makes it something else that may not be what the family wants. it shouldnt be a trek funeral after all.
Seems to me Shatner was in a tough spot - he leaves the charity in the lurch and looks bad, or he misses the funeral and looks bad. Some folks just can't see the good I suppose.
As it was quoted in a great Trek film: "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few". He's helping an event which will help raise money for a charitable cause. It's possible there wasn't a flight available that night. I think for those who complain about his choice, he said it best years ago "Get a life".
Reading some headlines today, it looks like he did make it LA after all.
I heard that one of his kids was attending in his place.
Quote from: Boggit on March 01, 2015, 07:59:39 PM
I'm sorry to learn Leonard Nimoy has passed on. :( I guess George Takei (Sulu) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) will have to keep Shat company. ::)
Don't forget Walter Koenig aka Chekov.
"Ze Nuclear Wessels!"
Quote from: LongBlade on March 01, 2015, 10:27:36 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 01, 2015, 10:26:03 PM
If I was in his shoes I wouldnt have gone. to do so makes it something else that may not be what the family wants. it shouldnt be a trek funeral after all.
Seems to me Shatner was in a tough spot - he leaves the charity in the lurch and looks bad, or he misses the funeral and looks bad. Some folks just can't see the good I suppose.
I'm not always a Shatner fan, but he should get a pass on missing the funeral. Nimoy, of all people, would understand that he was doing a charity event and should keep his commitment to that.
Elite Dangerous is adding a Nimoy Memorial station to the game (https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=116553&s=c316e4cbab61d02a8ef193407db5afc1&p=1856104&viewfull=1#post1856104). O0
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 02, 2015, 06:15:41 AM
I heard that one of his kids was attending in his place.
Me, too.
Neat, some are going and turning one of our older Prime Ministers (Sir Wilfrid Laurier, on the $5 bill) into Spock :)
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^Awesome
Quote from: endfire79 on March 03, 2015, 01:10:34 PM
Neat, some are going and turning one of our older Prime Ministers (Sir Wilfrid Laurier, on the $5 bill) into Spock :)
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Yeah, "Spocking" has become somewhat of a trend these days.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/02/boldly-go-ahead-doodlers_n_6785988.html
Quote from: mirth on March 02, 2015, 09:09:43 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on March 01, 2015, 10:27:36 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 01, 2015, 10:26:03 PM
If I was in his shoes I wouldnt have gone. to do so makes it something else that may not be what the family wants. it shouldnt be a trek funeral after all.
Seems to me Shatner was in a tough spot - he leaves the charity in the lurch and looks bad, or he misses the funeral and looks bad. Some folks just can't see the good I suppose.
I'm not always a Shatner fan, but he should get a pass on missing the funeral. Nimoy, of all people, would understand that he was doing a charity event and should keep his commitment to that.
I second all all of this. While I think Shatner's an arrogant, self-entitled ass, he doesn't deserve the flak he's been getting for missing the funeral (his flight to LA landed a couple hours too late for him to make it). Everyone knows they were close friends; there's no way Nimoy would've held it against him for not being able to be there, given the circumstances.
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 03, 2015, 01:53:17 PM
Quote from: endfire79 on March 03, 2015, 01:10:34 PM
Neat, some are going and turning one of our older Prime Ministers (Sir Wilfrid Laurier, on the $5 bill) into Spock :)
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Yeah, "Spocking" has become somewhat of a trend these days.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/02/boldly-go-ahead-doodlers_n_6785988.html
Heh; cool.
Quote from: Martok on March 04, 2015, 04:07:55 AM
Quote from: mirth on March 02, 2015, 09:09:43 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on March 01, 2015, 10:27:36 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 01, 2015, 10:26:03 PM
If I was in his shoes I wouldnt have gone. to do so makes it something else that may not be what the family wants. it shouldnt be a trek funeral after all.
Seems to me Shatner was in a tough spot - he leaves the charity in the lurch and looks bad, or he misses the funeral and looks bad. Some folks just can't see the good I suppose.
I'm not always a Shatner fan, but he should get a pass on missing the funeral. Nimoy, of all people, would understand that he was doing a charity event and should keep his commitment to that.
I second all all of this. While I think Shatner's an arrogant, self-entitled ass, he doesn't deserve the flak he's been getting for missing the funeral (his flight to LA landed a couple hours too late for him to make it). Everyone knows they were close friends; there's no way Nimoy would've held it against him for not being able to be there, given the circumstances.
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 03, 2015, 01:53:17 PM
Quote from: endfire79 on March 03, 2015, 01:10:34 PM
Neat, some are going and turning one of our older Prime Ministers (Sir Wilfrid Laurier, on the $5 bill) into Spock :)
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Yeah, "Spocking" has become somewhat of a trend these days.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/02/boldly-go-ahead-doodlers_n_6785988.html
Heh; cool.
Completely agree. Plus people seem to forget that Shatner himself is 83 years old now.
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Awesome! :) :'(
I just watched through this In Search Of episode on the Amityville Horror and while it clocks in at only 20:00 I think it's better than the original movie, by a lot...it's quite unnerving!
Nice job by the Shat
http://news.yahoo.com/william-shatner-crowdsources-touching-leonard-132121219.html
Quote from: mirth on August 11, 2015, 12:14:46 PM
Nice job by the Shat
http://news.yahoo.com/william-shatner-crowdsources-touching-leonard-132121219.html
Awesome.
That's pretty alright.
I loved that show. Nimoy could sell hotdogs and make them sound like collector's items.
Quote from: Sir Slash on August 11, 2015, 09:52:30 PM
I loved that show. Nimoy could sell hotdogs and make them sound like collector's items.
He did! They're marketed as "Savelnimoys", and look remarkably like saveloys. ;)
Damn! I got to have one.
Damn. Hard to believe it's been a year since Leonard Nimoy passed :(
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/one-since-lost-leonard-nimoy-013902376.html
:(