The New York Times is this evening reporting the very sad news that Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83.
Most famously remembered for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek television show and subsequent movie franchise, Nimoy was admitted to hospital last week falling ill. His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed his passing after he had been battling with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, something he had attributed to his years of smoking, which he had given up almost thirty years ago.
Nimoy returned to the Star Trek universe most recently in J.J. Abrams’ franchise reboot Star Trek and its sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, and has also recently featured in TV’s The Big Bang Theory and Fringe and lending his voice to Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He also directed several movies, including Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Three Men and a Baby.
Throughout his career away from film and television, Nimoy also wrote books, both poetry and autobiographical, released five studio albums and was involved with Primortals, a comic-books series published by Tekno Comics.
Nimoy is survived by wife Susan Bay and his two children, Adam and Julie. He will be sorely missed by many in both the film, sci-fi, music and literary world.
