Sunday, May 24, 2026

Illogically, Mr. Spock Is Dead: Leonard Nimoy, Who Lived Long and Prospered, Passes Away at 83

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Was he the favorite Star Trek character? I dare say yes. Leonard Nimoy, who started playing Mr. Spock in 1967, and was a world wide icon, has died at 83. A great actor and director, Nimoy was also an artist and a philanthropist. He will be mourned by millions, including me, but he will live long and prosper forever in reruns and in videos.

Willisam Shatner: “I loved him like a brother. We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love.”

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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