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Notable Passings and other milestones

Well, it seems that Michael Gray is more well-remembered than I thought. But I hadn't seen him in anything for the last 50 years (except for the aforementioned Shazam movie.)
 
Walter Koenig, the original Pavel Chekov in Star Trek.
Well, only two main TOS actors left! Takei and Shatner. Both seem to be pretty hale and hearty and much involved with a lot of things. Koenig was looking quite frail these last few years even though I think he was the youngest of them all.
 
alfaniner said:
Walter Koenig, the original Pavel Chekov in Star Trek.
Well, only two main TOS actors left! Takei and Shatner. Both seem to be pretty hale and hearty and much involved with a lot of things. Koenig was looking quite frail these last few years even though I think he was the youngest of them all.
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Not to mention his awesome turn as Bester in Babylon Five, an anti hero with charm, menace and depth.
 
She used to have a nice PBS painting show where I learned a couple techniques. Anyone else ever conflate her with Barbara Eden? They were both buxom blonde stars of the same era.
 
junkshop said:
Sir Patrick Stewart has died. :confused:

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq23dve8dgv9t
Legendary Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86 - BBC News
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This makes me super sad. I was a stagehand at a theater where he played his one-man “Christmas Carol.” Decades later, that’s still the most rewarding experience I’ve ever had in live theatre.
 
Regarding Sir Patrick... it's reported to have been a brief struggle with Alzheimer's/dementia.
With no news of it

Unless he's really not been working on anything for a bit, that must have been very brief. 😳
And what are the conditions that would make that rapidly terminal? 🤨
 
Jim_MDP said:
Regarding Sir Patrick... it's reported to have been a brief struggle with Alzheimer's/dementia.
With no news of it

Unless he's really not been working on anything for a bit, that must have been very brief. 😳
And what are the conditions that would make that rapidly terminal? 🤨
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Sometimes it is a mercifully brief journey, more often it is not. There are, depending on location/jurisdiction, certain decisions that can be made in advance that may reduce unnecessary drawing-out of the inevitable.
 
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