Nichelle Nichols DEAD

[Madison]

 

[COB]

What can you even say? A true icon.

 

[floppet]

RIP lovely lady

 

[ButterTart]

Oh shit, no. Did her brother not die in that heaven’s gate cult thing in the 90s?

 

[COB]

Uhura aside, there was also this of course

 

[VoR]

Is it just Shatner and Takei from the original cast now?

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

This one really hurts. I will always be grateful for her role in pushing forward race equality (as supported by Martin Luther King Jr.) as well as her role in encouraging more female astronauts/NASA women employees.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Is it just Shatner and Takei from the original cast now?

yes + Walter Koenig but he didn't debut until the 2nd season as Chekov

 

[COB]

Is it just Shatner and Takei from the original cast now?

There's also Walter Koenig (Chekov), but he joined the cast in the second season so wasn't there right from the beginning.

EDIT beaten by Haiku /

 

[Ellie]

I don’t think I saw her in anything else, but still iconic.

 

[VoR]

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

She was also in Snow Dogs in role of Amelia, Cuba Gooding Jr's mother.

(she was too good for that stale cheese movie)

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

 

[VoR]

 

[Mike(y) W]

A legend. Am gutted.

 

[VoR]

This wacky scene is doing the rounds. Nichols apparently improvised her rather (and risqué for the time!) line when Sulu grabs her.