Homer
07-20-2005, 09:53 PM
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James Doohan, people know him as "Scotty" on the Original series of Star Trek dies at the age of 85, and had been battling Alzheimer's disease and, most recently, pneumonia.
Per Doohan's request, said longtime agent Steve Stevens Sr., the sci-fi star will be cremated and his ashes launched into space by the same Houston-based aerospace company that shot the remains of Gene Roddenberry into orbit following the Star Trek creator's 1991 death. Stevens said he didn't know precisely when Doohan's outer space memorial would occur. "As soon as the next flight goes up," he said.
Born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Doohan came about Scotty's fire and doggedness the old-fashioned way: The battlefield. Fighting with the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II, the future Starfleet officer landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of the U.S.-led D-Day invasion. He lost a finger; the Allies won the war.
He was a Damn Good Man. :(
James Doohan, people know him as "Scotty" on the Original series of Star Trek dies at the age of 85, and had been battling Alzheimer's disease and, most recently, pneumonia.
Per Doohan's request, said longtime agent Steve Stevens Sr., the sci-fi star will be cremated and his ashes launched into space by the same Houston-based aerospace company that shot the remains of Gene Roddenberry into orbit following the Star Trek creator's 1991 death. Stevens said he didn't know precisely when Doohan's outer space memorial would occur. "As soon as the next flight goes up," he said.
Born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Doohan came about Scotty's fire and doggedness the old-fashioned way: The battlefield. Fighting with the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II, the future Starfleet officer landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of the U.S.-led D-Day invasion. He lost a finger; the Allies won the war.
He was a Damn Good Man. :(