Scotty's final beam-up

[Fierce Critter]

By BOB THOMAS, AP

LOS ANGELES (July 20) - James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.

[Paper Hearts]

Just goes to show ya...

[The_Dark]

Well, that sucks...

[Fierce Critter]

Why was this moved?

We've had every R.I.P., no matter if actress, musician, artist, author, etc - in the politics/religion/CURRENT EVENTS forum thusfar as, well, a CURRENT EVENT.

Keeps the R.I.P.'s in one, convenient easy-to-find place, ya know?

[Brenda Starrr]

Awwwww!!!!! I loved him.....

:tear

And, I have no idea why this was moved. It doesn't go here!

[slingerlandstyx]

Anybody ever see the episode of TNG called relics? It had Doohan in it. I never watched TOS that much, but I loved that episode.

Sorry, my mind relates the oddest things...

[The_Dark]

Disons Sphere.. or is it Dyson's? Transporter buffer anyone?

[DarkVampire]

No way! That sucks hard. That's two of the original Trek greats gone. =(

[Mikielikesit]

That is quite a shame he will be missed ......RIP

[DarkVampire]

A neat memorial site

[Brenda Starrr]

DarkVampire, that was cool! Thank you!

[float]

poor Scotty

my favorite original cast member

[Vater Araignee]

He lived well.

Why was this moved?

We've had every R.I.P., no matter if actress, musician, artist, author, etc - in the politics/religion/CURRENT EVENTS forum thusfar as, well, a CURRENT EVENT.

Keeps the R.I.P.'s in one, convenient easy-to-find place, ya know?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Most likely it was the title.

I thought it was going to be trivia or an exhibition of knowledge.

[Soulrev]

RIP Scotty... Why do all the good actors keep disappearing..

[The_Dark]

because they are old.