I have some sad news to report: Majel Barrett Roddenberry, a.k.a. "The First Lady of Star Trek" has sadly passed away. She was 76.
Sci-fi icon Majel Barrett Roddenberry dies at 76
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and a member of the show's cast, has died. She was 76.
Barrett Roddenberry died of leukemia on Thursday at her home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air, her family said in a statement.
Her relationship with Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991 after the two had been married for 22 years, earned Barrett Roddenberry the nickname "The First Lady of Star Trek."
She had roles in nearly every "Star Trek" television show and movie, playing Nurse Chapel in the original series and lending her voice to the starship's computer in nearly every incarnation of the saga.
She recently finished her role as the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in director J.J. Abrams' movie "Star Trek," which is due out in May, 2009, her family said.
Barrett Roddenberry is survived by her only son, Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. A public memorial is expected to be scheduled for sometime after Christmas.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081218/...us_roddenberry
Majel, your contribution to Trek has been invaluable. The diversed characters you've portrayed in the various incarnations of Trek (as well as other sci-fi shows) were fantastic. Plus, you are irreplaceable as the Enterprise computer's voice and the next actress to fill in that job in the next Trek film sequel will have big shoes to fill. Your work will always be fondly remember by us fans. Thank you for 40 years of Trek entertainment. You will be sorely missed. R.I.P.
Sci-fi icon Majel Barrett Roddenberry dies at 76
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and a member of the show's cast, has died. She was 76.
Barrett Roddenberry died of leukemia on Thursday at her home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air, her family said in a statement.
Her relationship with Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991 after the two had been married for 22 years, earned Barrett Roddenberry the nickname "The First Lady of Star Trek."
She had roles in nearly every "Star Trek" television show and movie, playing Nurse Chapel in the original series and lending her voice to the starship's computer in nearly every incarnation of the saga.
She recently finished her role as the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in director J.J. Abrams' movie "Star Trek," which is due out in May, 2009, her family said.
Barrett Roddenberry is survived by her only son, Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. A public memorial is expected to be scheduled for sometime after Christmas.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
See link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081218/...us_roddenberry
Majel, your contribution to Trek has been invaluable. The diversed characters you've portrayed in the various incarnations of Trek (as well as other sci-fi shows) were fantastic. Plus, you are irreplaceable as the Enterprise computer's voice and the next actress to fill in that job in the next Trek film sequel will have big shoes to fill. Your work will always be fondly remember by us fans. Thank you for 40 years of Trek entertainment. You will be sorely missed. R.I.P.
] is one of my favourites. That and I can only take so much rubber cave wall in a single sitting.
I first watched it a few years ago as a comparative exercise between the movie and Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, the book it's partially based on. And I actually enjoyed the project. 
. Duvall was Mr. 'Loves the smell of napalm in the morning'. 
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