The Bell Tolls for Leonard Nimoy
One the greats of Star Trek and Sci-fi, actor, writer, poet, singer, photographer, and director Leonard Nimoy has passed away.
He Was, And Will Always Be, Our Friend: Remembering Leonard Nimoy
via the NPR:
In 1966, when Leonard Nimoy was offered a minor role on a new space drama, he was thrilled. As he told Archive of American Television: “You have to understand that prior to Star Trek I never had a job that lasted longer than two weeks in any TV show or movie. Never. Two weeks — max. And here I was, looking at a season of work.”
The actor beloved for his role as the pointy-eared half-human, half-Vulcan died of lung disease at his home in Los Angeles on Friday. He was 83.
I remember watching Star Trek from my hospital bedroom as a very young boy. Even at my young age, there was something about Mr. Spock that latched into your mind and kept pulling you into the show. Nimoy was often referred to at the conscience of the show, bringing a quiet dignity to what would often had been a minor, or outlandish type of supporting bit part in a science-fiction show of the time. Instead he made the role his own and helped build Star Trek into the enormous 48-year old franchise it has become.
Conflicted and torn by the Mr. Spock role, he penned two novels “I am Not Spock” and much later in his life “I am Spock”. Maybe the most of all the Star Trek cast, Nimoy stayed anchored and humble to the very end, thanking Mr. Spock for letting him steadily provide for his family – a rare feat for an actor across an entire lifetime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs
