Aye just can't do it, Cap'n

Raiyven · 07-21-2005, 02:13 PM

With great regret, from my nerdy side, I must sadly report the passing of everyone's favourite Scottish engineer, James 'Scotty' Doohan, who passed away this week at the age of 85 after a long battle with alzheimer's.

He's the second of the original Star Trek cast to go, the first being DeForest Kelley (Dr MocCoy) about five or six years ago.

Beam him up, God

Ghryphen · 07-21-2005, 03:03 PM

Yeah, that sucks :/

Variable · 07-21-2005, 03:25 PM

Scotty was the man, but I remember seeing him in something recently and he was looking very rough indeed, so it's no surprise. Funny how between the series and the movies he did maybe 4 years of work in Hollywood, but he managed to ride that fame all the way through to the end. I'm gonna have to look him up on IMDB and see if he ever managed to do anything other than Star Trek. I think we all need a drink in his honor.

Now where's my Romulan Ale...

After the edit:

Gleaned from IMDB, Scotty's wife was a mere 48 years old to his 85. GO SCOTTY GO!

Gambit · 07-21-2005, 06:50 PM

And he had a six year old daughter, and other kids by his previous wife. The man was in the Canadian Royal Artillery and lost a finger from his right hand in the DDay invasion.

Ah, Porsche posted more here: http://www.xmenclan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2081

Cerberus · 07-21-2005, 08:49 PM

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07-21-2005, 02:13 PM	#1
Raiyven Big Bad Thread Boogeyman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burlington, ON. Age: 42 Posts: 406	Aye just can't do it, Cap'n With great regret, from my nerdy side, I must sadly report the passing of everyone's favourite Scottish engineer, James 'Scotty' Doohan, who passed away this week at the age of 85 after a long battle with alzheimer's. He's the second of the original Star Trek cast to go, the first being DeForest Kelley (Dr MocCoy) about five or six years ago. Beam him up, God __________________ "For in that we are both especially daring and especially thorough in calculating what we attempt, we can truly be distinguished from other men, for whom ignorance is boldness but calculation brings hesitancy. Rightly would they be judged strongest in spirit who recognize both dangers and pleasures with utmost clarity and are on neither count deterred from risks." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: 2.40, "The Funeral Oration of Perikles" (431 BCE)

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Variable Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 245	Scotty was the man, but I remember seeing him in something recently and he was looking very rough indeed, so it's no surprise. Funny how between the series and the movies he did maybe 4 years of work in Hollywood, but he managed to ride that fame all the way through to the end. I'm gonna have to look him up on IMDB and see if he ever managed to do anything other than Star Trek. I think we all need a drink in his honor. Now where's my Romulan Ale... After the edit: Gleaned from IMDB, Scotty's wife was a mere 48 years old to his 85. GO SCOTTY GO! __________________ The world will not end in a blinding flash of light or virulent pestilence. It will end with me choking the life out of it with my bare hands. Last edited by Variable; 07-21-2005 at 03:27 PM.

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Gambit Forum wh0re Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 744	And he had a six year old daughter, and other kids by his previous wife. The man was in the Canadian Royal Artillery and lost a finger from his right hand in the DDay invasion. Ah, Porsche posted more here: http://www.xmenclan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2081 __________________ XMEN member Card-carrying DTM OKL Fish-napper Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained. -The Tao of Programming Last edited by Gambit; 07-21-2005 at 07:12 PM.

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