# Leonard Nimoy has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778 "2015-02-27T17:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/201 "2015-03-01T23:20:32Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > It kind of makes sense to have a _skinny_ Tevye, doesn’t it? Nearly everyone who’s played Tevye has been quite plump, but isn’t this supposed to be a poor man who hardly That’s the trouble with Tevyes. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/202 "2015-03-02T00:23:50Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > It kind of makes sense to have a skinny Tevye, doesn’t it? Nearly everyone who’s played Tevye has been quite plump, but isn’t this supposed to be a poor man who hardly knows where his next meal is coming from? Well, not really. He’s the local dairyman, and as he says to the visiting student Perchik, “We don’t eat like kings, but we don’t starve either”. Sure, Tevye always complains about being poor, and he is poor, but not really food-insecure poor. A plump Tevye isn’t actually incongruous with the setting of the story. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/203 "2015-03-02T09:45:33Z")
I had to hold back tears when I heard the news too. His passing leaves a gap in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/204 "2015-03-02T10:21:15Z")
He sacrificed a prosperous thespian career to make Star Trek movies. He did not feel this sacrifice in vain, or an empty one; and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Leonard; I have been, and always shall be, your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/205 "2015-03-02T13:06:36Z")
Kirk would say, “Kirk to Enterprise.” The answer was often, “Spock here, Captain.” And now he isn’t anymore. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/206 "2015-03-02T23:07:05Z")
“I have been, and always shall be, your friend.” ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/207 "2015-03-03T04:28:55Z")
![Wow I never knew this](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c7685b2ed24a5f34f474041c1b09fe56/tumblr_nki26bfkut1tj2pubo1_1280.jpg) Oh wow. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/208 "2015-03-03T17:05:59Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Oh, okay, I see your point about the greatest fandoms but your identification of “the” stars of them sounds weirdly selective. > > Why wouldn’t, say, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford for Star Wars and Mira Furlan for Babylon 5 also be part of such a tribute? Did they have some kind of issues with Nimoy? (I’m inclined to doubt it just because it’s hard for me to imagine anybody not liking Nimoy!) This is how fanfeuds begin . . . ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/209 "2015-03-03T20:57:45Z")
Edward James Olmos could not be reached for comment. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/210 "2015-03-03T22:44:16Z")
And Lorne Greene already made his way to that Undiscovered Country. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/211 "2015-03-06T14:20:18Z")
[Leonard Nimoy’s Eulogy by Rabbi John Rosove](http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2015/03/01/remembering-leonard-nimoy-rabbis-eulogy?utm_source=WU&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150306&utm_campaign=ReformJudaismOrgPromo) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/212 "2015-03-06T14:50:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Leonard Nimoy’s Eulogy by Rabbi John Rosove](http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2015/03/01/remembering-leonard-nimoy-rabbis-eulogy?utm_source=WU&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150306&utm_campaign=ReformJudaismOrgPromo) thank you… _damnit_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/213 "2015-03-06T15:41:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Leonard Nimoy’s Eulogy by Rabbi John Rosove](http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2015/03/01/remembering-leonard-nimoy-rabbis-eulogy?utm_source=WU&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150306&utm_campaign=ReformJudaismOrgPromo) That was beautiful. Thanks for posting it. And why is it so darn dusty in here? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778.md?page=10)