He Lived Long

And Prospered.

LOS ANGELES - James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original “Star Trek” TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command “Beam me up, Scotty,” died early Wednesday. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease, he said.

Another part of my chldhood is gone. Later, Mr. Scott.

Army of Fewer

Comments

[Tony Miller]

"Beam me up, God!" :)

[torchy]

James Doohan left an alchoholic fathers at age 19 to become a decorated WWII veteran with the Canadian Forces, stopped a bullet with his cigarette tin during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. He was wounded 6 times during that war and lost a finger. One of the greatest generation. He will be sorely missed.

[baldilocks]

Army of Fewer

[Brian H]

Yeah, he lost the FU finger on the right hand. But he subsequently became the reputed "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force" anyway. He was the real deal.