Star Trek's Scotty Has Passed Away
 

'Trek's' Doohan Dies, Immortalized For 'Beam Me Up, Scotty'

POSTED: 11:46 am EDT July 20, 2005
UPDATED: 12:12 pm EDT July 20, 2005

LOS ANGELES -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and movies who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died Wednesday. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.

http://www.wnbc.com/news/4747034/det...10530207202005

Well, he finally got the ultimate "beam up".

RIP :(

May he rest in peace.

I'm a huge Star Trek fan. This is such sad news.

RIP :(

I was thinking the same exact thing:)

I wonder it there will be a sales increase in those “Beam Me Up Jesus!” bumper stickers?