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Anton Yelchin

"Anton Yelchin, who played the young incarnation of Chekov, an excitable officer on the Starship Enterprise, in the rebooted “Star Trek” movie series, died on Sunday morning in Los Angeles when he was pinned by his car in his driveway. He was 27.

 

"Officer Jenny Houser of the Los Angeles Police Department said that Mr. Yelchin died after being hit at around 1:10 a.m. at his home in the neighborhood Studio City. The car had rolled backward down the steep driveway and trapped him against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence. Officer Houser said that he was found dead by friends who came to his house after he did not arrive at a scheduled rehearsal.

 

"Mr. Yelchin was born on March 11, 1989, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, in what was then the Soviet Union, to Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, figure skaters who were superstars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet."

 

~The New York Times, Monday, June 20, 2016

 

Our deepest condolences to his family and friends. He will be greatly missed.

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Even after many hours since I first heard the news, I have no words for how sad this is. He brought such life and energy to a character I've always wanted more of, and of all the new cast he was the one I felt was easiest to acclimate to. My heart goes out to his loved ones, and to all of the Trek fandom.

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A very sad turn of events and a terrible way to die (not that there are "good ways," mind you)

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