Nichelle Nichols, best known for playing Lt. Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, has died. She was 89 years old.
Sad news Star Trek geeks
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Damn, she was a looker too.
That makes 3 this week.
Nichelle Nichols
Tony Dow
Paul Sorvino
That makes 3 this week.
Nichelle Nichols
Tony Dow
Paul Sorvino
Add Cher's ex-partner--Ron Zimmerman--to that list...
Aus_Schwaben
First to know - Last to care!
The only thing I know about Star Trek - outside the original series and the first few movies - is that Leonard Nimoy was also a photographer with excellent skills. "The Full Body Project" which included his take on classic paintings is different, for example.
I don't blame him.
Useless facts for 1000. Lol
Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
She and Shatner had the first iterracial kiss on a televised network program.
Stepchildren, aired on November 22, 1968, earned Shatner a footnote in the history of American race relations: a kiss that Captain Kirk planted on the lips of Lieutenant Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) is often cited as the first example of a white man kissing a black woman on scripted television in the United States
Stepchildren, aired on November 22, 1968, earned Shatner a footnote in the history of American race relations: a kiss that Captain Kirk planted on the lips of Lieutenant Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) is often cited as the first example of a white man kissing a black woman on scripted television in the United States
Enough to send the very worst?
This. I never got into it like a few friends did, same one who geeked out on Star Wars, The Hobbit, Dungeons & Dildos.
General Zod
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She was diagnosed with dementia a few years ago. It's sad she's gone (I grew up on Star Trek reruns after school) but she's at peace now. Dementia is a cruel, cruel condition that tortures its victim along with their caretakers and I wouldn't even wish it on Nancy Pelosi, much less an actress who seems to have been a genuinely decent person from everything I've read of her interactions with fans.
BTW, she considered quitting Star Trek after the first season. The Reverend Dr Martin Luther King urged her to stick with it when she met him, because here she was, a black woman playing an officer in a military organization who had actual responsibilities and was shown to be hyper-competent and professional.
In the 70s she became heavily involved with NASA and helping recruit for the Space Shuttle astronaut program.
She also sang with Count Basie and Duke Ellington at various times.
BTW, she considered quitting Star Trek after the first season. The Reverend Dr Martin Luther King urged her to stick with it when she met him, because here she was, a black woman playing an officer in a military organization who had actual responsibilities and was shown to be hyper-competent and professional.
In the 70s she became heavily involved with NASA and helping recruit for the Space Shuttle astronaut program.
She also sang with Count Basie and Duke Ellington at various times.
Now I'm sure there's a reddit for that. Lol
Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
She encouraged young women to pursue engineering degrees to get into the space program as well.
