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July 20, 2005
James Doohan, Star Trek's Scotty 1920-2005
From CNN:
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the apocryphal command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.
Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) at his Redmond, Washington, 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.
The Canadian-born Doohan fought in World War II and was wounded during the D-Day invasion, according to the StarTrek.com Web site.
The episode where he makes a guest appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation would have to be one of my favorites.
Here's to ya, lad.
Posted by William Polley at July 20, 2005 3:37 PM
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