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Nichelle Nichols, Uhura in ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 89
- rbanffy 4y agoA truly amazing person and a cultural icon. We lost one of the best of us.
- ColinWright 4y agoWhen I met her (briefly, at a book signing) she was charming and charismatic ... such a strong presence. I'm saddened that she is no longer with us.
- ohjeez 4y agoShe had such an amazing impact on young women and PoC. And she had the grace to understand what it meant to every one of us.
- ffffye 4y agoA sad loss. Especially as she was trapped in a conservatorship and was trying her best to fight it. I always loved the story about how she was thinking of quitting Star Trek because of the limitations of her role until Martin Luther King asked her not to, because her role as an intelligent, independent, courageous equal was so important for black women. She was a true trailblazer and inspiration.
- wdr1 4y agoThe LA Times covered the conservatorship battle a bit back: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-08-15/nichelle-nichols-star-trek-uhura-dementia-conversatorship-battle https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-08-15/... https://archive.ph/ungP4 https://archive.ph/ungP4
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- RickJWagner 4y agoShe kissed Kirk, but from the picture it looks like her heart belongs to Spock. RIP, Ms. Nichols. Thanks for the entertainment, and for pushing the world forward a little bit.
- vmilner 4y agoThe brilliant David Warner also gone... (movies 5 and 6 and TNG:Chain of Command - "There are four lights!" with his Royal Shakespeare Company friend Patrick Stewart)
- ColinWright 4y agoThat's a significant loss as well. He was in so many things, and utterly brilliant in them all (that I've seen).