RIP Leonard Nimoy

[brick4956]

Leonard Nimoy has passed away today

 

[brick4956]

Live long and prosper

 

[MNIrishman]

Damn, my favorite Star Trek actor too. This day blows. Next thing you know Stephen Hawking is going to kick it.

 

[connor_in]

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[ohara831]

He will be missed. What an icon to sci fi fans. May he RIP.

 

[connor_in]

smh....

 

[BGIF]

The Final Voyage

 

[BobbyMac]

smh....

ABC... Surprised they didn't say Star Search.

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[Irish YJ]

 

[connor_in]

I used to love him hosting In Search Of... in the 1970's

 

[brick4956]

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[ACamp1900]

I used to love him hosting In Search Of... in the 1970's

This, the re runs anyway... I completely missed the 1970s by a few months...

 

[connor_in]

I saw them as reruns too in the 80's. Found a bunch on YouTube today.

 

[Irish YJ]

 

[greyhammer90]

"Every life comes to an end when time demands it. Loss of life is to be mourned, but only if the life was wasted." -Spock

 

[Cackalacky]

So... I have been having several discussions today on Mr Nimoy. . I. Contend that Spock is more human that Kirk ever was. At least muchore action on pretty now Coles versi the current me it bounty his gutted eè and and And

 

[greyhammer90]

So... I have been having several discussions today on Mr Nimoy. . I. Contend that Spock is more human that Kirk ever was. At least muchore action on pretty now Coles versi the current me it bounty his gutted eè and and And

Saving your shame.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Kinda pissed that Nimoy stole Hesburgh's thunder. Every time I see a headline about Spock without a concurrent mention of Fr. Ted, I think "Someone far more important passed today..."

Terrible, I know.

 

[dshans]

Kinda pissed that Nimoy stole Hesburgh's thunder. Every time I see a headline about Spock without a concurrent mention of Fr. Ted, I think "Someone far more important passed today..."

Terrible, I know.

Understandable, though. I mourn both for their lives lived in different ways.

Here's something I posted on my FaceBook doohickey thingamagiggy:

Perhaps not as well known as Mr. Spock, but an important figure in my life and many, many others:

"To the Notre Dame Community:

It is my sad duty to inform you that the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., died late Thursday at Holy Cross House on the campus of his beloved University of Notre Dame. He continued in his final days to visit with family, friends, and fellow Holy Cross religious, and to enjoy the occasional cigar.

The Congregation of the Holy Cross and the University will celebrate Fr. Ted’s life in coming days with visitation hours and a Funeral Mass in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, a procession to Holy Cross Community Cemetery afterward, followed by a memorial commemoration at the Purcell Pavilion. Details will be forthcoming.

Notre Dame lost a piece of its heart today, but Fr. Ted’s spirit lives on at Notre Dame and among the millions of lives he touched around the world. He is now with Our Lady, whose university he served so well, and with the Lord.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him.

- Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame."

Some of you know that I don't consider myself all that religious in a traditional sense, but this man of the cloth crossed my path personally on more than one occasion. I was never more proud of him than when he was kicked to the curb as head of the Civil Rights Commission by Tricky Dicky for being "too critical" of his (Nixon's) actions/inactions on civil rights.

He was light heartedly and respectfully referred to as Ted The Head in my day.