Nichelle Nichols (Nyota Uhura in Star Trek) dead at 89 due to natural causes.

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Oh I remember Frank in face paint, but since I have videos blocked and couldn't see the picture, I had to look up the title.

 

[HomerJS]

My favorite "social-justice" episode of TOS was "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield". (apologies for the small "overlap" in the vids)

I can recall watching this episode for the first time when I was a little kid and not wanting to believe anyone could ever be so shallow and hateful.





EDIT: I don't want hate to be all WE have left!

and then 2022 began

Damn, Loki and Beil sound like Israel and the Palestinians

How many years until we as a human race will evolve to the point where scenes of abject racism are completely foreign. If ever.

My guess at least 300

 

[HomerJS]

A fitting sendoff for Nichelle Nichols

 

[Captante]

A fitting sendoff for Nichelle Nichols

Crazy but I felt compelled to stand watching that.

 

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:: sniff :: ... :: sniff :: .......


Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The ashes of late Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols will be launched into space later this year.

Celestis, a private company that conducts memorial space flights, announced Friday that a portion of Nichols' ashes and a DNA sample will be launched into space by United Launch Alliance and released from a Vulcan Centaur rocket.

"We are truly honored to add a legendary actress, activist and educator to the Enterprise Flight manifest," Charles M. Chafer, co-founder and CEO of Celestis, said in a statement.


The rocket will also carry the ashes of other Star Trek figures including Gene Roddenberry, who created the series; his wife, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who played Nurse Chapel in the original series; James Doohan, who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott; and Douglas Trumbull, who created visual effects for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Late 'Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols' ashes to be launched into space - UPI.com

A private space company will launch the ashes of late "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols as well as other figures from the series into space later this year.

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