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So Long, Scotty

July 21st, 2005

Among the news of the new Supreme Court nominee and Karl Rove, another piece of news came in: James Doohan just passed away, at age 85 (a good run, I wold think). Some things you might not have known about him: He landed on Juno beach on D-Day, and was hit six times by machine gun fire. One shot took off his middle right finger (which he hid on screen), four hit him in the leg, and one in the chest–which was stopped by his silver cigarette case (an ironic instance of smoking saving your life). He had 9 children from three marriages, and his last child was born when he was 80 years old. And he never got tired of “Beam me up, Scotty.”

On a side note, Gene Roddenberry passed away in 1991, and DeForest Kelley in 1999.

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  1. Tim Kane
    July 21st, 2005 at 03:52 | #1

    Captain Kirk: Scotty, how long before we can have full power?

    Scotty: Captn, I cen have it for ya, bet it wull take five houers.

    Captain Kirk: Scotty you got five minutes.

    Scotty: Captain, Well, she’s gerrly-lrlrigged like Chlrlristmas tlrlree bet she’ll have to hold.

    Thanks for the fun and the memories. What a life. 85 years, 9 children and combating aliens across the universe. May he rest in peace. He deserves it.

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