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    Scotty is gone

    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor.../obit_doohan_6

    #2
    I just heard about this a bit ago. Let me say that he was one of the nicest people I ever met. He was so sweet and giving and he will be greatly missed.

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      #3
      I'd start a revolution if I could get up in the morning.

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        #4
        Sad day for the Scifi community. He will be missed.

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          #5
          Just read in the Washington Post that James Doohan died today at the age of 85, from pnuemonia and Alzheimer's complications.

          Gonna miss you Scotty!



          When all else fails, change channels.

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            #6
            I am saddened may he rest in peace

            gumboYaYa: you are all beautiful, your words and openness are what make that shine. don't forget how much talent love and beauty you all have.
            so for now, peace love love love more love and happy, and thank you, thank you, thank you
            love Torri

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              #7
              May he rest in peace

              gumboYaYa: you are all beautiful, your words and openness are what make that shine. don't forget how much talent love and beauty you all have.
              so for now, peace love love love more love and happy, and thank you, thank you, thank you
              love Torri

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                #8
                Aw, that's really sad news...RIP Scotty

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                  #9
                  He was a graet actor - it's a shame he has died.

                  One of his best lines I can remember or scenes was when he was saying to himself or to another member "I know my way round my own ship!" and then he turns his head and knocks himself out on a low pip.

                  May He Rest In Peace.

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                    #10
                    If you are wondering why I have 2 posts the threads were merged
                    gumboYaYa: you are all beautiful, your words and openness are what make that shine. don't forget how much talent love and beauty you all have.
                    so for now, peace love love love more love and happy, and thank you, thank you, thank you
                    love Torri

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                      #11
                      Thanks Jimmy, you will be missed. It was a pleasure meeting you and your family. Give my best to 'D'.


                      -Jim
                      The very young, do not always do what they are told.

                      "To me, my board" - Silver Surfer

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                        #12
                        'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies

                        By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer

                        LOS ANGELES - James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and movies who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died Wednesday. He was 85.

                        Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.

                        He had said farewell to public life in August 2004, a few months after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

                        The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in 1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven different accents.

                        "The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman.'"

                        The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons.

                        When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973, he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."

                        "I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just lovely."

                        "Star Trek" continued in syndication both in the United States and abroad, and its following grew larger and more dedicated. In his later years, Doohan attended 40 "Trekkie" gatherings around the country and lectured at colleges.

                        The huge success of George Lucas' "Star Wars" in 1977 prompted Paramount Pictures, which had produced "Star Trek" for television, to plan a movie based on the series. The studio brought back the TV cast and hired director Robert Wise. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was successful enough to spawn five sequels.

                        The powerfully built Doohan, a veteran of D-Day in Normandy, spoke frankly in 1998 about his employer and his TV commander.

                        "I started out in the series at basic minimum plus 10 percent for my agent. That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally got to our third year, Paramount told us we'd get second-year pay! That's how much they loved us."

                        He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk, but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about is himself."

                        James Montgomery Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian and dentist, and his wife Sarah. As he wrote in his autobiography, "Beam Me Up, Scotty," his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his wife and children.

                        At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army, becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled. "We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."

                        The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on screen), four in his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case.

                        After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto. He showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed Neighborhood Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Richard Boone.

                        His commanding presence and booming voice brought him work as a character actor in films and television, both in Canada and the United States.

                        Oddly, his only other TV series besides "Star Trek" was another space adventure, "Space Command," in 1953.

                        Doohan's first marriage to Judy Doohan produced four children. He had two children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric, Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.

                        In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing the line "Beam me up, Scotty."

                        "I'm not tired of it at all," he replied. "Good gracious, it's been said to me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody. It's been fun."
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                          #13
                          He has been beamed up to his final journey.

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                            #14
                            You da man James.....
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                              #15
                              Very sad day, RIP James you will be sorely missed.

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