It's been almost two years since James "Scotty" Doohan passed away, but his ashes have finally been sent into orbit.
Some of the Star Trek actors' ashes were launched from the New Mexico desert today with the ashes of about two-hundred other individuals, including Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper. The rockets were launched by the wives of both men, Suzan Cooper and Wende Doohan.
Doohan was born in 1920 in Canada and fought in World War II, losing a finger as a result of injuries he suffered on D-Day. In the late '40s, he trained as an actor at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. He's appeared in countless movie and TV roles, but of course we'll all remember him as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott.
Gene Roddenberry, the late creator of Star Trek, also had his ashes launched into space in 1997.
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4-28-2007 @ 5:35PM
David said...
Beam me up Scotty!
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4-28-2007 @ 11:15PM
Joost Schuur said...
Star Trek under 'Other Science Fiction Shows'?!
Blasphemous!
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4-28-2007 @ 11:26PM
Adam from TV Squad said...
Well, we tend not to review shows that went off the air over 30 years ago. :)
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4-28-2007 @ 11:41PM
warhammer said...
wish him peace in the other world
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4-28-2007 @ 11:44PM
David said...
Wil Wright does TNG reviews. Show went off the air 10 years ago. :-p
Plus Scotty was on an episode of TNG.
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4-29-2007 @ 12:09AM
Adam from TV Squad said...
Wil Wright? The guy who invented the plane?
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4-29-2007 @ 10:25AM
David said...
I think I should start drinknig that way I will have an excuse for this.
Yes Wil Wright, he's only like 125 by now, and yet he still likes his Star Trek. :-p
Wil Wheaton helps write the reviews too. :)
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4-29-2007 @ 11:20AM
vacelts said...
I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Doohan once. Both the man and the character will be sorely missed.
http://redlightnaps.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/doohan-in-space/
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4-30-2007 @ 11:46PM
FeatureCreep said...
Doohan was always a class act. I, too, met him - on two occasions - and he was a gem both times.
He is missed.
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4-30-2007 @ 10:05AM
Lou Stoolz said...
Godspeed, Mr Scott.
http://playgroundsandplanets.blogspot.com/2007/04/remembering-dooie.html
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