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Republican_Man
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I can't find an article on this yet, but I just saw on FOX NEWS that James Doohan, who played Star Trek's Scotty, has died! That's so sad... 
He was 85 years old, and he died of Nemonia and Alzheimers.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:46 am |
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Sad My prayers goes out his family.
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Republican_Man
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:55 am |
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^Same here. His wife was at his beadside as he was dying... 
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Jeff Miller
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:25 am |
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You sure hes dead? I just checked his profile on IMDB as of 09:24am and it says hes still alive. Infact he just finished a movie. You sure you heard right. maybe it was someone else. IMDB is always up to date if someone dies they normaly have a huge breaking news section if someone passes away.
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:29 am |
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Your right, my bad here is the story.
| Quote: | 'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies
By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and movies who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died 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.
He had said farewell to public life in August 2004, a few months after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in 1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven different accents.
"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman.'"
The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons.
When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973, he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."
"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just lovely."
"Star Trek" continued in syndication both in the United States and abroad, and its following grew larger and more dedicated. In his later years, Doohan attended 40 "Trekkie" gatherings around the country and lectured at colleges.
The huge success of George Lucas' "Star Wars" in 1977 prompted Paramount Pictures, which had produced "Star Trek" for television, to plan a movie based on the series. The studio brought back the TV cast and hired director Robert Wise. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was successful enough to spawn five sequels.
The powerfully built Doohan, a veteran of D-Day in Normandy, spoke frankly in 1998 about his employer and his TV commander.
"I started out in the series at basic minimum- plus 10 percent for my agent. That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally got to our third year, Paramount told us we'd get second-year pay! That's how much they loved us."
He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk, but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about is himself."
James Montgomery Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian and dentist, and his wife Sarah. As he wrote in his autobiography, "Beam Me Up, Scotty," his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his wife and children.
At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army, becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled. "We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on screen), four in his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case.
After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto. He showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed Neighborhood Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Richard Boone.
His commanding presence and booming voice brought him work as a character actor in films and television, both in Canada and the United States.
Oddly, his only other TV series besides "Star Trek" was another space adventure, "Space Command," in 1953.
Doohan's first marriage to Judy Doohan produced four children. He had two children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric, Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.
In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing the line "Beam me up, Scotty."
"I'm not tired of it at all," he replied. "Good gracious, it's been said to me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody. It's been fun." |
Beam me up Scotty.
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Republican_Man
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:30 am |
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Beam me up as well, Scotty!
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purple_kathryn
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:46 am |
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very sad news
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Oliver
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:23 pm |
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Please continue here:
http://www.startrekvoyager.com/viewtopic.php?t=22382&highlight=
[ locked by Oliver - double thread in TOS section ]
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I got a PM by RM saying that his post was posted first. To be honest, I hadn't looked at the date when it was posted. I just thought it fitted better in TOS. But I think RM is right. Sorry for the trouble.
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Please continue here.
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Birdy
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:06 pm |
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That's so sad!!!
Well.. He'll always be a legend by saying those immortal words: "beam me up, scotty" 
Btw, my English isn't that good, what's 'Nemonia'? 
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:27 pm |
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RIP James Dohan, you will be missed.
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| Birdy wrote: | | Btw, my English isn't that good, what's 'Nemonia'? |
Pneumonia (the ancient Greek word for lungs) is defined as an inflamation, usually caused by infection, involving the alveoli of the lungs. It occurs in patients of all age groups, but young children and the elderly, as well as immunocompromised and immune deficient patients, are especially at risk. Causal therapy is with antibiotics.-Wikipedia
As for the topic, this really sucks. He seemed so nice in real life. I remember watching a documentary on Star Trek, hosted by Denise Crosby, and she intereviewed him. He starting talking about a letter he got once from a fan. The fan's life was utterly garbage and going down the drain. He was so inspired by Scotty from Star Trek, that he went to College and became an Engineer. His life has turned around completely because of that. James started to cry during it. It was sad, but really nice about what happened.
He was a great character on the show as well. I remember the episode when he was on TNG. He told Geordi to always tell the Captain it would take much longer to repair something than it normally would. That way when the Captain says "Too long. You have (enter time here)." You would still have a lot of time to repair. He was clever.
R.I.P.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:07 pm |
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He inspired alot of people. I am going to miss him alot.
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:00 pm |
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I find it very interesting that his ashes are going to sent to space, where they should be... among the stars.
And that he picked up his scottish accent from a couple of soldiers in one of the World Wars.
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:30 pm |
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Rest in peace Scotty.
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Republican_Man
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:43 pm |
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Founder, I remember that episode. In fact, it was on during the weeks before my trip. Good one, good quote. So sad.
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| Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:09 pm |
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Scotty has beamed up to the heavens.
R.I.P. James Doohan
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Morphy
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| Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:07 am |
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R.I.P Scotty.
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Oliver
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| Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:22 am |
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[ moved by Oliver ]
Placing this topic in the correct forum seems to be difficult. Furst, I locked the topic in World News as I thought it fitted better in the TOS section, but RM posted his thread about James Doohan first so I switched it around.
However, I moved it to TOS and left a shadow in World News as it has come to my attention that some users can't post in World News. So the thread started by RM will be used, but placed in the TOS section as the Scotty character is mostly remembered as his role in TOS. Everyone has a right to say a few words about this sad event.
Again, sorry for the trouble and I hope people understand.
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Hanranrahan
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| Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:31 am |
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Oh, such greet actor and will sorly missed!
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| Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:49 am |
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A fine man, he will be in everyone's memory forever.
The USS Heaven with Captain God and First Officer Jesus, just beamed him up, away from Earth. May he live long and prosper there.
R.I.P Scotty
R.I.P James Doohan
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| Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:13 am |
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| Founder wrote: | | Pneumonia (the ancient Greek word for lungs) is defined as an inflamation, usually caused by infection, involving the alveoli of the lungs. It occurs in patients of all age groups, but young children and the elderly, as well as immunocompromised and immune deficient patients, are especially at risk. Causal therapy is with antibiotics.-Wikipedia |
Thanks!  I appreciate that. Now I get it.
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| Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:13 am |
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I posted in here yeasterday but my post's gone  , yes it's sad news
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Oliver
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| Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:33 pm |
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| Otter wrote: | | I posted in here yeasterday but my post's gone , yes it's sad news |
Your post hasn't been deleted, there were three topics created concerning Doohan's death and I locked two and moved this one to TOS. Your post is ~~here~~.
| Otter wrote: | | yeah sad, that's 3 down. |
DeForest Kelley died in 1999 and James Doohan died just recently. Who's the third Star Trek actor that died?
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