Scotty dead

[Son of Fred]

Star Trek's Scotty dies aged 85
Actor James Doohan, who played the chief engineer Montgomery Scott in Star Trek, has died at the age of 85.

Doohan - whose character responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty", had been suffering from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, his agent said.

His wife of 28 years, Wende, was by his side, Steve Stevens added.

Doohan was a popular character actor when he auditioned for the part in 1966. When the series ended in 1969, he found himself typecast in the role.

Story from BBC NEWS

 

[Zooropa]

What a sad loss..... RIP scotty

 

[MH]

Yeah, so the beamer upper has been beamed up.

 

[leggoman]

what a very sad loss

 

[clive58]

Hang-on, he was 85 and his wife was 28!

Sounds like he had a good innings to me mate

clive58.

 

[_Phat_]

"A can't change the laws of physics" RIP Scotty

 

[Bronto]

As bones would say "it's worse than that he's dead Jim"

As a true trekie thats sad

 

[Reddevil]

Very sad.....ready for the reruns coming on...

 

[siy100]

very sad he was one of the better characters in star trek always good for a laugh

 

[Shipoftheline]

rip scotty

 

[Napster]

going where no man has gone before .... SAD LOSS

 

[hamba]

Hang-on, he was 85 and his wife was 28!

Sounds like he had a good innings to me mate

clive58.

He was married to her for 28 years - or were you kidding?

 

[ellie1998]

RIP
It was good to see him back in the next generation.

 

[bluesboy]

I'm a long standing Treki fan! It's amazing what a short series started all those years ago, sad to see one of the origanals pass away.
R.I.P

 

[kabzy mabzy]

Hang-on, he was 85 and his wife was 28!

Sounds like he had a good innings to me mate

clive58.

lol! sad to hear hes passed away, but just want to add, u lot are proper old, suprised u guys even know how to use a pc. lol!!

 

[Mellows]

R.I.P Scotty!

 

[ricky8777]

boldly gone gone where he belongs (in space) r.i.p scooty