Tuesday, March 19, AD 2024 2:35am

Leonard Nimoy: Requiescat in Pace

 

A sad day.  Leonard Nimoy has departed this Vale of Tears.

Leonard Nimoy, the legendary actor who played Mr Spock in Star Trek, has died at the age of 83.

The star, who was first cast in the science-fiction series in the mid-1960s, suffered from COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – and was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center after a 911 call on February 19.

His wife Susan Bay Nimoy and son Adam confirmed he passed away at his Bel Air, Los Angeles, home on Friday morning.

Nimoy’s final tweet from his hospital bed urged fans to ‘live long and prosper’. 

Few actors have become so associated with a role as Nimoy did with the character Spock.  Immediately after TOS he was concerned about being typecast, but he long ago came to terms with the role of Spock, a character he invested with dignity, and, dare I say it, humanity.  Live long and prosper in the world to come Mr. Nimoy.

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Paul W Primavera
Friday, February 27, AD 2015 12:35pm

Dear God, if it be your will, please welcome Mr Spock who brought us a truly admirable role model.

Mrs. Zummo
Mrs. Zummo
Friday, February 27, AD 2015 12:44pm

You will be missed, Mr. Spock. RIP.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Friday, February 27, AD 2015 1:34pm

Dear God, if it be your will, please welcome Mr Spock who brought us a truly admirable role model. –

Mr. Spock, yes; Leonard Nimoy, like nearly all of us, needed some work. (The first woman who held the job “Mrs. Leonard Nimoy” later felt compelled to form a support group called “Hollywood Dumpettes”).

Paul W Primavera
Friday, February 27, AD 2015 1:38pm

You are correct, Art. In my case, I know I deserve hell, and I am just a mediocre man, unlike Leonard Nimoy who was a great man. Perhaps the greater the man, the greater the folly. 🙁

Janet Baker
Friday, February 27, AD 2015 7:00pm

I suggest in our charity and sense of reality that we pray for God’s mercy on his soul. He was a promoter of abortion. See this clip starting at 0:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd4Pb_C_gUI

Foxfier
Admin
Friday, February 27, AD 2015 8:15pm

First bio that I ever bought was “I Am Not Spock.” Bought the first one, too, and I think it’s still the only bio I’ve ever enjoyed.

Foxfier
Admin
Friday, February 27, AD 2015 10:56pm

I rather like this pithy version:
He was a good actor who worked hard, and he did some good stuff. May God be good to him.

I can give a hearty amen.

Paul W Primavera
Saturday, February 28, AD 2015 1:40pm

I have wanted to say a few words on why Spock was among my favorite Star Trek characters (along with Seven of Nine and Data). While Leonard Nimoy had failings in his personal life (any here exempt from failings?) and sin (again, anyone exempt from sin?), the character he gave us showed that reason and facts and the good of the other person can be placed ahead of one’s own selfish, emotional desires. While the liberalism that Nimoy espoused as his life went on exults in selfish emotionalism, Spock did not allow himself to be influenced by that. He could set his face like flint to do what is right no matter how he personally felt about the matter, and he always had an impeccably logical reason for doing what was right. For Spock, doing what was right is the only logical path, and right is objective and knowable. The tumult of his feelings did not get in the way. As an adolescent youngster, that appealed to me greatly. And his father Sarek was of like mind, and the philosophy of logic and non-violence that Surak in ancient Vulcan history had developed was created specifically because of the violent, war-like, overly-emotional, self-destructive tendencies of Vulcans as a species. Their close cousins the Romulans who early broke away, having rejected Surak’s philosophy, showed what happens when emotionalism and selfishness rule the day – dictatorial empire, a course which our liberal society seems hell-bent on creating.
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I do not think Nimoy will be remembered for his liberalism. Rather, he will be remembered for giving us Spock: a man truly moral because he placed reason and facts ahead of selfish desire. I hope God remembers the good that Nimoy did and not just the bad. Otherwise, we are all doomed. But God is just and God is merciful.

Foxfier
Admin
Saturday, February 28, AD 2015 2:00pm

Reason. Restraint. Self-sacrifice.
Well worth admiring, especially in a time that idolizes the impulse, the examined emotion, the “because I wanna” impulse.

Mary De Voe
Sunday, March 1, AD 2015 11:42am

May the face of God shine upon him and may he rest in peace. Leonard Nimoy

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