Scotty Beamed Up

James Doohan, who will forever be known as Scotty, has died:

The publicist for James Doohan says the actor who played Scotty on "Star Trek" has died at his home in Redmond, Wash. He was 85. The cause of his death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.

In Doohan's biography on the official Star Trek Web site, Doohan is described as once being the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces."

Doohan's "Star Trek" character often played a central role in the series and movies, troubleshooting problems on the Starship Enterprise to save the day.

Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and left home at age 19 to join the Canadian Forces, fighting with the Allies in World War II. He then became a captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery and led troops into battle on D-Day, the Web site said.

A war hero and a beloved actor whose character taught us time and again that there's always hope as long we're 'givin' 'er all that she's got.'

Classical values if ever I've seen 'em.

Here's one geek that'll miss him.

posted by Dennis on 07.20.05 at 05:31 PM





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Comments

AJStrata   ·  July 20, 2005 08:20 PM

Count me in as another geek who still thinks the original Star Trek series beats all others.

Bones, now Scotty.

Darleen   ·  July 20, 2005 10:27 PM

I certainly preferred the original Star Trek, and Dean Esmay says he was other things, too, including a warrior. God bless his soul.

My former boss, the great Melvin Belli, starred as a villain in one of the original Star Trek episodes, as "Gorgon, the Friendly Angel." His son Caesar (with whom I went to school) starred as one of the kids.

Picture here:

http://www.70disco.com/startrek/frienang.htm

Buy here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300213633/ref=pd_sxp_f/102-1790807-1072161

Other than that, I have no connection with Star Trek, but naturally I'm sorry to see Scotty go.

Eric Scheie   ·  July 21, 2005 06:50 AM


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