# 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:** 9
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/161 "2015-02-28T21:00:46Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I actually remember that episode, but didn’t remember that Nimoy was in it, or that it was a Columbo. I haven’t seen it since it was first aired… It will be on MeTV tomorrow night. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/162 "2015-02-28T21:43:03Z")
Not doubting his many other talents, but for me Spock is now dead and that means a whole era of my life has closed. Thank you Leonard. Beam him up Scotty! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/163 "2015-02-28T22:40:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Shatner tweeted that he’s in Florida for a charity event. I guess he’s in a really bad situation. He can’t bail out on a charity. I can’t imagine how tough it will be to compose himself and perform. Shatner: > [@](#): > > He wrote: 'I am currently in FL [Florida] as I agreed to appear at the Red Cross Ball tonight. Leonard’s funeral is tomorrow. I can’t make it back in time. And of course since Shatner is only worth $300 million dollars or so, he couldn’t afford to charter an air taxi to fly him back later after the performance or early the next morning. ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/164 "2015-02-28T23:04:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Maybe you want to put all that inside spoiler tags…? It would be a shame to discourage people from watching the episode (in which Nimoy does superior work). You cannot spoil a Columbo. It’s not about what happens, it’s about watching Columbo do his thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/165 "2015-03-01T00:00:38Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Shatner: > And of course since Shatner is only worth $300 million dollars or so, he couldn’t afford to charter an air taxi to fly him back later after the performance or early the next morning. All that is quite true. However, it’s worth noting that we’re talking about an 83-year-old man. It’s not absolutely _impossible_ that he might have good reason to try to minimize stress (abrupt time-zone jumps, tight travel deadlines, etc.). > [@TBG](#): > > You cannot spoil a Columbo. It’s not about what happens, it’s about watching Columbo do his thing. Fair enough. (The original-series episodes certainly do hold up to repeated viewings.) ---
**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:** [March 1, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/166 "2015-03-01T00:07:35Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > However, it’s worth noting that we’re talking about an 83-year-old man. It’s not absolutely _impossible_ that he might have good reason to try to minimize stress (abrupt time-zone jumps, tight travel deadlines, etc.) Right. Because he’d be travelling westward, getting on a plane immediately after the event could place him in LA early morning PST. But he’d be taking a beating to get there. We don’t want Shatner dropping dead (or falling asleep) at Nimoy’s funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/167 "2015-03-01T00:09:24Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Right. Because he’d be travelling westward, getting on a plane immediately after the event could place him in LA early morning PST. But he’d be taking a beating to get there. We don’t want Shatner dropping dead [COLOR=“Black”](or falling asleep) at Nimoy’s funeral[/COLOR]. I gather you’re being sarcastic, but you have to admit that would be a rather unpleasant development. (Particularly for Shatner!) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/168 "2015-03-01T00:16:33Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > In his outing as a COLUMBO villain, Nimoy is a heart surgeon who – SPOILERS! – uses dissolving sutures dyed to look like permanent sutures; nobody in the operating room saw anything unusual, because they looked like permanent sutures. What was his motive? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/169 "2015-03-01T00:18:35Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > You cannot spoil a Columbo. It’s not about what happens, it’s about watching Columbo do his thing. True, that’s the format; the show always opens with the perp committing the crime on-camera, there’s no mystery as to whodunit. ---
**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, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/170 "2015-03-01T00:33:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What was his motive? They’re medical researchers who’ve developed a treatment that’ll make 'em real rich real soon – or maybe they need to do a lot more testing? Nimoy thinks it’s the former, so his trusting colleague needs to stop breathing. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/171 "2015-03-01T00:43:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > True, that’s the format; the show always opens with the perp committing the crime on-camera, there’s no mystery as to whodunit. True, but in there’s often a mystery as to _How_ they dunit (or How they almost got away with it), as in this case. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/172 "2015-03-01T01:04:20Z")
[Astronaut \//-salutes Nimoy from orbit.](http://www.nasa.gov/content/astronaut-salutes-nimoy-from-orbit/#.VPJbmPnF-B4) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/173 "2015-03-01T01:05:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > True, that’s the format; the show always opens with the perp committing the crime on-camera, there’s no mystery as to whodunit. ``` Almost always. There are about three episodes where the villain isn't revealed until the end. ``` ---
**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:** [March 1, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/174 "2015-03-01T01:17:58Z")
A sobering pair of pictures: [https://twitter.com/kernforce/status/571597310213419010/photo/1](https://twitter.com/kernforce/status/571597310213419010/photo/1) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/175 "2015-03-01T01:42:18Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/176 "2015-03-01T02:02:11Z")
I’m seeing little tributes to him - typically a quote of his - on quite a few science and engineering websites. Don’t think I’ve seen them all do that for anyone else. ---
**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 1, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/177 "2015-03-01T02:07:48Z")
I just had a thought for a fitting tribute image: Shatner, Mark Hamill, Kier Dullea, Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Boxleitner, and every living Doctor Who still around, all in costume, giving the Vulcan Salute. ---
**Author:** ![Bonnie14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Bonnie14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonnie14)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/178 "2015-03-01T05:54:03Z")
I heard this news Friday while at work. I didn’t mention it to my co-workers, though knowing who Mr. Nimoy is, they would mostly be ‘meh’. Saturday I was helping a friend paint and she and I teared up when we spoke of it. We are both fans of the entire Star Trek franchise. (now if I could just get her to watch Doctor Who). Oh, and the tears were because of the drywall dust, yeah, that’s it…yeah… Rest in peace, Mister Nimoy. You shall live long and prosper in our memories. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/179 "2015-03-01T06:16:37Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > I just had a thought for a fitting tribute image: > > Shatner, Mark Hamill, Kier Dullea, Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Boxleitner, and every living Doctor Who still around, all in costume, giving the Vulcan Salute. 😕 Idungetit. A tribute sounds nice, but why just those people in particular? (Okay, the inclusion of Shatner I do get.) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778/180 "2015-03-01T06:45:49Z")
So, I see that Westboro Baptist church is planning to protest the funeral. That’s one I’d like to show up for the counter protest. My sign would be: Hate is illogical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778.md?page=10)