# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/61 "2015-02-27T18:54:23Z")
Fuck. One of only a handful of times I’ve ever truly felt shocked and saddened by a celebrity death. **V** ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/62 "2015-02-27T19:12:19Z")
Leonard Nimoy gave me literally thousands of pleasure watching Star Trek, from my childhood to today. I feel like I’ve know Spock my entire life. I’ve never felt the loss of a celebrity like I do now. Thanks for everything Spock. LLAP indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/63 "2015-02-27T19:12:40Z")
Oh. ☹ I’d never met him. I’d have liked to. Star Trek IV was on frequent rotation, and often quoted, in my home when I was growing up, and as a young adult, I discovered TOS. This has hit me hard. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/64 "2015-02-27T19:14:44Z")
He will _absorbed_. [sub]_Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ reference[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/65 "2015-02-27T19:21:34Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Reading “Spock is dead” feels like a deep loss. So sad. Leonard Nimoy has died, and may he rest in peace, knowing the pleasure and fascination he brought to so many millions over the years (and never being afraid to tweak his public image, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULOjT9GYdQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULOjT9GYdQ)). I saw him at a Washington D.C. convention in 1987, and still fondly remember the experience. But _Spock_ will always live on somewhere in _Star Trek_ lore. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/66 "2015-02-27T19:22:24Z")
Darmok on the ocean. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/67 "2015-02-27T19:23:47Z")
Mr. Spock was one of my heroes as a kid and In Search Of… made me curious about the world. RIP Leonard Nimoy. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/68 "2015-02-27T19:25:33Z")
Damn, I can’t believe how sad I am. I met him once when I was a kid - shaking his hand in a Kiddie City store is still one of my favorite childhood memories. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > He voiced an introduction to the show at the Mugar Omni Theater at the Boston Museum of Science. They’ve since re-written and re-recorded the dialogue around his, but bothy versions basically go: > > (Nimoy) “Welcome to the Mugar Omni Theater” > (other voice) “Wow! Leonard Nimoy! How’d they get him?” > (Nimoy) “Because he grew up three blocks from here.” Who put the bomp In the bomp [right]Sha bomp[/right] Sha bomp? Just heard that last week with my kids. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/69 "2015-02-27T19:43:51Z")
Damn, that sucks. All through college I had a photo of Spock in my wallet. It was IIRC a bubblegum card from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. What a nerd I was back then. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/70 "2015-02-27T19:46:18Z")
Well, shit. RIP, Mr. Nimoy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/71 "2015-02-27T19:46:58Z")
I just read his obit and I was surprised to learn that he directed Three Men and a Baby. I was never that much into the original series but I really enjoyed his turn in the JJ Abrams Trek especially his [scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ppo5YIYwTM)with the younger Spock. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/72 "2015-02-27T19:48:16Z")
When I was little, I had a Mego 8" figure of Scotty. I loved Spock so much I bit poor Scotty’s ears into points and called him Spock. Mr. Nimoy, you touched so many lives. Thank you and Rest in Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/73 "2015-02-27T19:51:48Z")
[May the Force be with you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JjTv_bJRwf4). ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/74 "2015-02-27T20:05:51Z")
He breathed life into one of the most iconic characters television ever gave us. He will be sorely missed. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/75 "2015-02-27T20:06:15Z")
This is very sad day for me. Two men who had such a profound effect on my life in very different ways have passed. Leonard Nimoy who taught me through his character of Mr. Spock that logic and emotion can co-exist and Father Ted Hesburgh who taught me that you can have a lasting impact in the secular world while still living a Catholic life of service. Heaven is a much richer place today. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/76 "2015-02-27T20:17:42Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I’m sad, that’s all. I first saw him on _Star Trek_, but have thoroughly enjoyed his career from a one-off role on _Dragnet_ in the 1950’s all the way up through _Fringe_ and _Star Trek: Into Darkness_ > > He lived long, and prospered. THIS! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/77 "2015-02-27T20:17:50Z")
In addition to Spock, I remember him as Mustafa Mond in the 1998 TV version of _Brave New World._ And, of course, [the Audi commercial.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/78 "2015-02-27T20:18:41Z")
Dear Mr Nimoy, Thank you for inspiring me as a child. Thank you for entertaining me my entire life. Spock was always my favorite. I am vey sad right now. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/79 "2015-02-27T20:26:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > He played a lot of roles, and should be remembered for them. He did a surprising amount of science fiction, even before _Star Trek_ – Besides **Zombies of the Stratosphere** (mentioned in the NYT obit), he was in > > **Them!** > **The Brain Eaters** (an unauthorized ripoff of Heinlein’s _The Puppet Masters_) > **The Twilight Zone** > **The Outer Limits** , in two episodes, including the “I, Robot” episode, based on Eando Binder’s story of that name. Years later, on the New Outer Limits, he appeared in a remake of that episode. > > He also appeared in an episode of **The Man from U.N.C.L.E.** alongside William Shatner, _before_ Star Trek. > He voiced an introduction to the show at the Mugar Omni Theater at the Boston Museum of Science. They’ve since re-written and re-recorded the dialogue around his, but bothy versions basically go: > > (Nimoy) “Welcome to the Mugar Omni Theater” > (other voice) “Wow! Leonard Nimoy! How’d they get him?” > (Nimoy) “Because he grew up three blocks from here.” > > About 15 years back he helmed Alien Voices Productions with John deLancie, which put on classic-style radio dramas of classic SF stories, including \*First Men in the Moon, The Invisible Man, \*, and _The Lost World_. These involved other Star Trek alumni, and were made before studio audiences with live sound effects. They were beautifully done, and many (if not all) were videotaped, as well. The audio editions are on sale, and they’re well worth listening to. > > [http://alienvoices.net/](http://alienvoices.net/) Thank you very much, Cal, for your compilation of the non-Spock career elements. ETA: I’m sure he would have been very much honored by your tribute here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/80 "2015-02-27T20:32:42Z")
This is a link to the full cast and crew of Them! > **[Them! (1954) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast)** > > Them! (1954) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778.md?page=5)