# Scotty, you'll be missed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 20, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307 "2005-07-20T16:03:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307/1 "2005-07-20T16:03:36Z")

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I just heard on the radio news that James Doohan passed away.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307/2 "2005-07-20T16:05:06Z")

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['Bye, Scotty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326355)

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**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307/3 "2005-07-20T20:41:02Z")

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The info I’ve read says he was 85 when he died. So he was born about 1920. Star Trek was on the air 1966-1969. Was he really almost 50 when the show ended filming? He didn’t look nearly that old.

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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307/4 "2005-07-20T20:43:24Z")

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Heh. Mark Lenard quietly shaved three years of his age too; he was born in '24. Like Doohan, a WWII veteran; American paratrooper in his case.

Back to the main CS thread.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307/5 "2005-07-20T20:59:17Z")

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Beamed over to **Cafe Society**.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotty-youll-be-missed/313307/6 "2005-07-20T22:00:38Z")

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We got several threads on this, I’m keeping the longest one open, so go here to comment:  
[Bye, Scotty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326355)