Wednesday 20 July, 2005

R.I.P. James Doohan

Sadly, though not unexpectedly, James Doohan of Star Trek fame has passed away at 85. He suffered for a long time with pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease and died with his wife by his side.

Funnily enough one of my fondest memory of him is a recent dream - I met him in a park, and he was happy and well and sat next to him leaning on his shoulder and we chatted. I remember feeling so happy when I woke up because I knew in reality he was very ill, but at least he had been happy and free of pain in my dream. Silly, I know, but it comforted me.

He will be missed.

Posted by kolibri at 20 July 09:45, 2005
Comments
# 1 - revolveri (on July 21, 2005 01:30 AM):

Um, so the guy was in the artillery looking at tanks and flying attack planes over German U-boats? Yeah, right.


# 2 - kolibri [TypeKey Profile Page] (on July 21, 2005 08:22 AM):

Don't get too hung up on details ;) I'm sure it makes a good story!


# 3 - revolveri (on July 21, 2005 08:26 AM):

Yeah, I guess you're right.


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