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[disnut8]

James Doohan died today at the age of 85.  Farewell, Scotty.

[elmono311]

Nnnnnnoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

[Vengeance]

I saw that. I feel so horrible for the family. You know his youngest daughter is the same age as Marlie. That little girl has to be going through a lot of hell right now.

[LostArtofRolando]

You know, that bites!  I have been goin through the process of watching all the movies lately, and that just hits home.  Sigh, yeah, I'm a Trekkie.  I mean one of the first things you think of when you think of Star Trek is one of many of Scotty's famous lines, or even all the wonderful situations he got himself into in the old series (punching out Klingons at the bar in Trouble with Tribbles is hilarious).  Man... I guess I never thought that it would matter to me. 

[Vengeance]

 This is from IMDB. I thought it was pretty cool.

"The ashes of late Star Trek actor James Doohan will be sent into space following his funeral service. The Canadian TV veteran, who played engineer Scotty in the cult sci-fi series, died at his Washington home on Wednesday after suffering from pneumonia and Alzheimer's at the age of 85. His agent Steve Stevens and wife Wende are in discussions to send the actor's ashes into the galaxy on a rocket, after Doohen expressed the wish before his death. Doohan's wish will follow in the footsteps of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, whose ashes orbited the earth for six years from 1997. It is expected the remains of Doohan and Star Trek writer John Meredyth Lucas will be shot into space in September on board a Falcon 1 rocker, which will be launched from the Vanderberg Air Force base in California."

[LostArtofRolando]

yeah i saw that on the news today too.