RIP Leonard Nimoy, 83

Teinz · Feb 27, 2015

Rest in peace.

CassandraW · Feb 27, 2015

Nimoy's last tweet:

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

backslashbaby · Feb 27, 2015

CassandraW said:
Nimoy's last tweet:

Awwww! RIP.

greendragon · Feb 27, 2015

One of my favorite shows as a child was In Search Of. Nimoy was the narrator. He got me interested in all sorts of things - Bermuda Triangle, witches, Atlantis, Roanoke, etc.

And since I also grew up on Star Trek, this hits hard (my parents had a Star Trek wedding)

Ambrosia · Feb 27, 2015

I have loved him since the first Star Trek series. He was more than Spock, and more than an actor. But his characterization of Spock won my heart and loyalty as a fan. I would have loved to have actually known him and been his friend.

He also wrote poetry and was a photographer and did music and directed. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but he was very versatile and creative.

My world is dimmed by his passing. I'm going to miss knowing he was alive and doing his thing on the same planet I live on even though I didn't have the chance to meet him in person. Whether that makes any sense or not, it is nonetheless true.

Vince524 · Feb 27, 2015

I grew up on the original Star Trek. My father only had a few shows that he watched and this was on of them. He called it the Spocky guy. I always loved Star Trek and became a full fledged Trekker in high school.

Leonard Nimoy was just a legend. I heard he'd been hospitalized and just last night I said to my wife that I feared we were going to lose him.

In my mind, he was really the lynch pin of the original cast.

He will be missed.

BeeGem · Feb 27, 2015

Ambrosia said:
I have loved him since the first Star Trek series. He was more than Spock, and more than an actor. But his characterization of Spock won my heart and loyalty as a fan. I would have loved to have actually known him and been his friend.

He also wrote poetry and was a photographer and did music and directed. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but he was very versatile and creative.

My world is dimmed by his passing. I'm going to miss knowing he was alive and doing his thing on the same planet I live on even though I didn't have the chance to meet him in person. Whether that makes any sense or not, it is nonetheless true.

It makes sense to me. Beautifully put.

RIP, Leonard. We miss you already.

Magdalen · Feb 27, 2015

I admired him as an actor, artist & person.

RIP

Cathy C · Feb 27, 2015

The world became a better place because of Star Trek. Spock found most of our human foibles both illogical and yet utterly necessary for the exploration of the unknown. The role wouldn't have worked as well with any other actor. Spock made people, each and every week, question ourselves and our humanity. I will always treasure that need to question what I do to be sure I keep my humanity.

. RIP

Diana Hignutt · Feb 27, 2015

The world has become a little darker and the stars have dimmed. I remember watching him since I was little in: Star Trek, Mission Impossible, In Search Of..., and then the Star Trek movies as a teen and adult. He's always been there. Not any more. It's hitting me harder now than earlier when I first head the sad news. RIP, sir.

J.S.F. · Feb 27, 2015

He gave a lot, not just in terms of acting, but of himself, to his community, the acting community, the world of art and literature. In short, he was a mensch. RIP, Mr. Nimoy.

zerosystem · Feb 27, 2015

RIP.

Next year is supposed to be Star Trek's fiftieth anniversary, I believe. It will be sad for him not to be there.

Chase · Feb 27, 2015

Definitely on my short list of heroes.

Duchessmary · Feb 27, 2015

A great loss. R.I.P. Mr. Spock.

cmhbob · Feb 27, 2015

Aside from Star Trek and voicing a Transformer, he was also a poet, and a photographer with a great cause (NSFW).

C.bronco · Feb 27, 2015

There are two Leonard Nimoy RIP threads. He was such a good influence on our culture, and is already sorely missed, and too young to leave us.

CassandraW · Feb 27, 2015

one of my favorite non-Star Trek roles he took on was as a villainous surgeon on a Columbo episode.

vsrenard · Feb 27, 2015

He was definitely more than Spock, but it was Spock who led me to seek Nimoy out. Death is inevitable but my world is definitely dimmer tonight.

triceretops · Feb 27, 2015

I think I saw this coming when he was hospitalized. It's so sad to see him go. Much beloved, a man who instilled such memories.

tri

kobold · Feb 27, 2015

. . .[sigh].

blacbird · Feb 27, 2015

i haven't read every post in this thread, so maybe it's been said, but in case it hasn't:

He lived long, and prospered.

caw

benbradley · Feb 28, 2015

Speaking of the 50th Anniversary, I very much remember seeing this promo (OMG I'm getting old), and was very excited by the thought of this new show. Even back then at age 9, I thought THIS PROMO beat the pants of "Lost In Space."

Featuring, of course, the "Vulcanian" [sic]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh-8jm1zYhU

CassandraW · Feb 28, 2015

Nimoy's 1968 letter to a mixed-race teen:

In addition to the legions of Star Trek fans who revered him, Spock and, by extension Nimoy, was considered a hero by many people who'd ever felt different.

In 1968, one of those people, a teenaged girl whose mother was black and whose father was white, wrote to Fave magazine asking Spock, who was half-human, half-Vulcan, how he'd handled the rejection of not fitting in. Nimoy was so moved by the letter that he penned a response, which Fave then published the following month. Nimoy's letter is both touching and inspiring.

"It takes a great deal of courage to turn your back on popularity and to go out on your own," Nimoy writes. "Although inside you're not really like members of the pack, it's still frightening to decide to leave them, because as long as you're popular, you have at least someone to hang around with."

Full letter (and the teen's letter to him) at the link.

ETA:

I wonder where this teen is now, and what her reaction was to Nimoy's response.

asroc · Feb 28, 2015

He narrated the preshow of the IMAX theater of the local science museum where I used to spend a lot of time as a kid. It was a mainstay of my childhood.

Rest in peace, Mr. Nimoy, who grew up three blocks from here...

cmhbob · Feb 28, 2015

The military aspect of Mr Nimoy's life:

http://army.togetherweserved.com/ar...ps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=350515

http://www.military.com/veteran-job...-transition/famous-veteran-leonard-nimoy.html

The second link has some interesting videos.

RIP Leonard Nimoy, 83

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