# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/101 "2015-02-27T22:47:38Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Go enjoy a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster at Milliways with DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, and Douglas Adams.( Don’t forget Mark Lenard, Jane Wyatt, Arlene Martel, Celia Lovsky, and Barry Atwater. ☹ ---
**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:** [February 27, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/102 "2015-02-27T22:47:49Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > This loss hurts as much as when Douglas Adams passed from a freak heart attack…in a gym… > > As a kid, I was constantly picked on and demeaned in school because I had the audacity to hate sports and like the sciences… > The day I discovered Star Trek TOS, and in particular, Spock, and his eminently logical unemotional Vulcan mindset, it just clicked with me, from that point I endeavored to be as Vulcan as possible, suppressing all signs of emotion, and being as logical as possible, the fact that this infuriated the Neolithic jock cadre was a bonus, since they couldn’t get the reaction they wanted, they left me alone, all I wanted > > Thank you, Mr. Nimoy, you were the true star of Trek, not that hammy, scene stealing Shatner, your quiet, logical dignity truly was superior > > No, I will not show emotions now, emotions are illogical, it’s just …dusty… here right now, just dusty, quite… Fascinating… How it can appear out of nowhere > > Go enjoy a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster at Milliways with DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, and Douglas Adams. > > Live Long and Prosper, you will be missed > > Seriously, this one really hurts me ☹ Reminds me of [this article](http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/spocks-advice-to-a-teenage-girl-will-make-you-cry#.wnXoblr07), which was doing the rounds on my FB page today. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/103 "2015-02-27T22:53:02Z")
My Parents, my old friends, my relatives, my childhood heroes. All dying. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/104 "2015-02-27T22:59:41Z")
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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/105 "2015-02-27T23:05:36Z")
Death is illogical ☹ Am I a horrible person for my second thought after hearing of his passing… “Why couldn’t it have been Shatner instead?” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/106 "2015-02-27T23:36:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Fiftieth anniversary of “The Cage.” How appropriate. Fascinating, even. The last of that pilot’s lead players and the one that went on to appear in multiple generations of the franchise as the same character. All-around cool cat, sorry to see him pass but he gave joy to many, and that will be, indeed, remembered. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/107 "2015-02-27T23:58:28Z")
“On that day, I shall mourn.” That day has come. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/108 "2015-02-28T00:02:09Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > MeTV runs TOS on Saturday nights, so they would have no problem running a marathon. They probably could get Walter Koenig or Nichelle Nichols to do a tribute to him since they currently do promos for the show. MeTV just announced they will show “Amok Time” tomorrow night in memory of Leonard Nimoy. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/109 "2015-02-28T00:02:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > MeTV runs TOS on Saturday nights, so they would have no problem running a marathon. They probably could get Walter Koenig or Nichelle Nichols to do a tribute to him since they currently do promos for the show. Ummm… best User-Name / Thread / Post… damn this is just too sad. If anything is going to make me dig through 8 or 900 Xfinity channels to see if we get MeTV, this will. Total non-sequitur- as kids, we always knew it was dinner time because ST:TOS was on. Sometimes dinner would Totally Suck too… like a serving spoon of boiled spinach from a can, a small boiled potato, a dried out burger patty, and a glop of ketchup on the side of the plate. But you could get through it… because ST was on… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/110 "2015-02-28T00:21:35Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Reminds me of [this article](http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/spocks-advice-to-a-teenage-girl-will-make-you-cry#.wnXoblr07), which was doing the rounds on my FB page today. Wow! Great article. Thanks for sharing! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/111 "2015-02-28T00:30:17Z")
Sheldon will be crushed. RIP, Mr. Spock. ☹ ---
**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:** [February 28, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/112 "2015-02-28T00:40:19Z")
Very sad about this. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/113 "2015-02-28T00:48:35Z")
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**Author:** ![TaoPilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TaoPilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaoPilot)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/114 "2015-02-28T01:03:58Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > “He’s dead, Jim!” “He’s not really dead, as long as we remember him.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/115 "2015-02-28T01:10:39Z")
By Grabthar’s hammer, by the suns of Worvan, he shall be avenged! Watch out, Old Age! Put your affairs in order, Natural Causes! **The nerds are coming!** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/116 "2015-02-28T01:18:54Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > I just read his obit and I was surprised to learn that he directed Three Men and a Baby. Good to know. Now, let us never mention that again. _De mortuis nil nisi bonum._ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/117 "2015-02-28T01:21:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Good to know. Now, let us never mention that again. _De mortuis nil nisi bonum._ That also goes for _In Search Of . . ._ ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/118 "2015-02-28T01:22:08Z")
“We all must die sometime.” - Galvatron RIP ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/119 "2015-02-28T01:32:53Z")
One of his recent tweets expresses something many of us feel. “Don’t smoke. I did. Wish I never had.” ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/120 "2015-02-28T01:46:42Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > One of his recent tweets expresses something many of us feel. > > “Don’t smoke. I did. Wish I never had.” …the Logic is Flawless… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778.md?page=7)