James Doohan has passed away

[CaptainSDavies 0]

Hey all,

 

The Associated Press is now reporting that James Doohan has passed away.

 

 

-Davies

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CNN.com's Article posted 11:53 AM

 

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 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 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."

 

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

[Tachyon 0]

Aww. Rest in peace, James Doohan. ^_^

[Cougar 0]

R.I.P Scotty.

 

Truely a sad day ^_^

[Cptn Corizon 0]

Yeppers. A Sad day indeed.

[Kansas_Jones 0]

Rest In Peace Mr. Doohan and my condolences go out to the family.

[knlwtchr 0]

What a sad feeling in the heart. My condolences go to the familes, especially his wife. Its hard to watch a loved on pass away. What an incredibly sad day. ^_^

[WesleyMustDie 0]

<--- Misses Scotty

 

So sad. ^_^

[Seiben 0]

Aww, sad.. I liked Scotty. ^_^

[Images 0]

Aye tis a black day.

 

"The word is given"

[WesleyMustDie 0]

Nice quote, Images. "So much death." (okay, that's LOTR not ST, but it fits)

[Mithraia Coeur 0]

May he rest in peace.

[Travis Kroells 0]

::sighs::

[eagle 0]

mr.doohan,to those of us that grew up with you,we shall surely miss and feel saddened

at your passing.

for all of us that have enjoyed this actors many and varied roles,well it has been a rare

and fortunate occurence in our lives,to scotty,warp speed,,,you are missed,thank you..

^_^

[LoAmi 0]

We will miss him.

[DaryusZaphodDracal 0]

^_^ A sad day for us all. Scotty, you will be missed.

[WesleyMustDie 0]

^_^ Scotty was fun.

[Duroz 0]

It was sad to see him go in the end...

 

Did anyone get to see the video footage of him recieving his Star on the walk of fame for Television.... It was sad and wonderful all at the same time... because Alzheimers had rattled him quite a bit...

 

God love you... And may he beam you safely home Mr. Doohan...

[STSF_BluRox 0]

A short follow-up. Scotty's remains be be sent to space like Gene's. Follow up story

[WesleyMustDie 0]

A short follow-up. Scotty's remains be be sent to space like Gene's. Follow up story

What a fitting send off for Mr. Scott.

 

"Mr. Scott, the word is given." - Captain James T. Kirk

Just a quote that seems to fit the circumstances.

[STSF Shadow 0]

I think my heart is breaking.

Indeed. I grieve with thee.

[WesleyMustDie 0]

I think EVERYONE'S heart is breaking...this is just so sad. ^_^

[eagle 0]

it is sad and yes heart breaking.....we all will miss him ^_^

[spacepod 0]

a sad day of all of us in the star trek world mr doohan will be be trurly miss ^_^