It’s hard for me to know what to write in the wake of Leonard Nimoy’s death yesterday at the age of 83.[1] For better or for worse, Nimoy is remembered almost exclusively for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek series and in several of the Star Trek movies.
I tend not to focus on celebrity news. And I grew up in an era where to have a hero was a sign of weakness. I see, nonetheless, that many people, including several roughly my age saw Spock as just that, a hero. Read more
- [1]Virginia Heffernan, “Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83,” New York Times, February 27, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html↩