Leonard Nimoy dies at 83

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Here's to you, LN.


At least he did live long and prospered, huh? Pretty sad passing, really. A real icon in sci fi film media.

 

[Starbeast]

I just heard the news about Leonard Nimoy. I was stunned.

I will miss him, but I will always remember him.

I enjoyed seeing him as the character Spock, in Star Trek, and as the host of the show, In Search Of. Plus I remember seeing him (here and there) in tv shows like The Outer Limits & The Night Gallery and movies like, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (remake), and so on.

Rest in Peace, Mr Nimoy. You were fascinating, Leonard.

 

[Droflet]

Sad news indeed. However, he did live long and prospered. Pity he couldn't play the hollywood game. Think of the great movies he could have directed.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

It's like a brick from the entertainment foundation of my youth is missing. There was always Spock, you know? I saw--and was thrilled by--the first airing of the series in the 60s...it's largely responsible for my love of the SF genre. As Starbeast mentioned, Mr. Nimoy was wonderful in many other works; my wife and I were saying last night how pleased we were that he had a big success towards the end of his career with his wonderful performance in Fringe. RIP, Leonard, and know your legacy will indeed LLAP. *sigh*

ps--Leonard also had an appearance in the original Twilight Zone, in 1961.

 

[Foxbat]

I have fond memories of (a much younger and even more irritating) me and my dear old departed dad sitting together to watch the latest Star Trek episode. Nimoy was a major factor in the show's success.
Very sad.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

A quote from Twitter on Leonard Nimoy:

Those who touch the world in a positive way never truly leave it.

 

[Dave]

I was shocked by this until I heard he was 83. I honestly hadn't realised he was that old. The BBC tributes to him are largely focusing on Spock, which is to be expected because even non-Trek fans will recognise the character of Spock, but he was always more than Spock. I remember a certain time in my youth when he was in two of my favourite TV shows airing at the same time - Star Trek and Mission Impossible - and while he didn't direct blockbusters, his films were always good entertainment.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Another obit.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/27/rip_leonard_nimoy_he_lived_long_and_prospered/

 

[Glitch]

A great actor. He had a recognisable, and commanding voice you could pick up in the animated work he done. I remember his voice in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), among the many films.

 

[REBerg]

Leonard Nimoy was so much more than a cultural icon, just as the original Star Trek series was so much more than a television show.

As Spock, he and the Vulcans were the rational component of the universe envisioned by Gene Roddenberry. In that universe, Humanity had risen above the strife-ridden reality that we now face daily, saving itself and our planet, and expanding to the stars as a force for good.

I like to think that Roddenberry's universe exists in our next plane of existence. Even as we here have mourned the losses of Roddenberry, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Majel Barrett and now, Leonard Nimoy, the Enterprise crew is getting back together and its 5-year mission is eternal.

 

[K. Riehl]

One of his other passions was photography. Here's a link that shows some of his work and includes some video interviews.

http://petapixel.com/2015/02/27/leonard-nimoys-passion-for-photography/

 

[Grimward]

Part of my SFF foundation as well. Very sad, but grateful to have been inspired by him.

 

[Perpetual Man]

From a conversation I was having with a friend yesterday:

The passing of Leonard Nimoy today, although not completely unexpected, still has major ramifications for people of our age and intrests. In many ways he, and a few others provide the cornerstones of imaginations, those very imaginations that were being kindled by the books we read, the films we watched, and the TV shows that gave us our escapes. When one of those figures goes, it is like a light from our past grows dimmer. But just for a moment because, in this instance we know all those shows and films are still there, can be watched again and again; may one day evoke the sense of wonder in our children as they did in us. Nimoy may be gone, but the character he made live, Spock, will most surely live long and prosper.

"He's not really dead, not as long as we remember him." Dr McCoy, The Wrath of Khan

Seemed quite fitting.

 

[REBerg]

Many tearful tributes

http://io9.com/how-the-universe-is-saying-goodbye-to-leonard-nimoy-1688539242

 

[Grimward]

Others said it already, but the empty science officer's chair picture/sequence from Wrath of Khan...I'm a goner.

 

[Dan Jones]

LLAP x

 

[Cat's Cradle]

What a great face! RIP

 

[Serendipity]

I am saddened by the passing of Leonard Nimoy / Mr Spock.

What he did, amongst other things, was to extend Arthur Conan Doyle’s use of the observational and deductive skills given to Sherlock Holmes. Leonard Nimoy took the observational skills and logical deduction one stage further, and applied it to how a ‘person’ would apply it to themselves to change the way they live.

It's one heck of a legacy, which I know will ‘Live Long And Prosper’ (LLAP).

 

[mosaix]

A great actor and, seemingly, a nice man. Will be missed.

I liked the BBC headline: "Boldly Gone..."

 

[Perpetual Man]

One doing the rounds on Facebook at the moment, that seems to say so much without words
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