This past Friday, Lenard Nimoy, the original Spock actor died at his house in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California at the age of 83. The internationally famous actor died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which he announced having a year ago. Besides being an actor, he also directed, poet, Singer-songwriter, and photographer.
He wrote two autobiographies, titled “I am Not Spock” in 1975 and “I Am Spock” twenty years later in 1995. He published numerous books about his photography and sang both pop songs as well as songs about the Star Trek series much to his fans delight. His numerous fans, called Trekkies, remained loyal to him as well as other cast members long after the original series was canceled in 1966 due to low ratings.
Nimoy played the alternate version of Mr. Spock in the reboot of Star Trek in 2009 and 2013 and regular Spock in ten other films between 1979 and 2002, two of which he directed. He was born in Boston to Jewish Ukrainian immigrants and started acting in local productions at a young age. He traveled to Hollywood in 1949 and got small roles in “Queen for a Day” and “Rhubarb”.
He was in the army for two years and spent the majority of his time stationed at Fort McPherson in Georgia. He went back to California to pursue acting. He earned a master’s in Spanish at Antioch University Austin and later an honorary Doctorate. He will be missed by both fans and coworkers.
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