Scotty Dead!

[Warham]

I just heard on FOX News that Scotty from Star Trek died. James Doohan.

Sad day for Trekkies. I'm sure they'll all speak Klingon today in honor of him.

[bueno bob]

Can you imagine the arguments him and McCoy are having in Heaven?

[ThrillsNSpills]

Star Trek actors never "die."

They beam up.

[bueno bob]

Or get re-written into a different show featuring younger actors that gets cancelled within a year or two since it can't ever find an audience

[Nickdfresh]

Fair yee well on the last voyage my friend...

[bueno bob]

To boldly go where everybody's gotta go sooner or later...

[FORD]

James Doohan, 'Star Trek's' Scotty, dead

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

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) at his Redmond, Washington, 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.

The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in 1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven different accents.

"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman.' "

The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons.

When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973, he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."

"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just lovely."

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

[Jesus Christ]

Verily, I hath beamed up Scotty. Sorry for thy loss, My children

[Dave's PA Rental]

He's not dead...his particles are being kept in an eternal transporter-loop...dont you guts watch TV?

Hey, was that a Voyager episode?

[Vinnie Velvet]

Live Long and Prosper.....among the stars.

[Golden AWe]

So he was canadien? His accent was a very interesting one...sounded irish or something.

RIP

[Ally_Kat]

awh! He was my favorite one of the whole bunch.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
So he was canadien? His accent was a very interesting one...sounded irish or something.

RIP

Scottish, actually.

When they asked him to play the "engineer" on the Starship Enterprise, Doohan thought he should be a Scotsman.

Hence, the scottish accent.

[Golden AWe]

Yesss...I should've known, as I have a red beard myself.

[Seshmeister]

Originally posted by Vinnie Velvet
Scottish, actually.

When they asked him to play the "engineer" on the Starship Enterprise, Doohan thought he should be a Scotsman.

Hence, the scottish accent.

It was meant to be Scottish anyway...

I've never heard a Scotsman talk like that but never mind.

His biggest legacy is that people all over the world think that's what we sound like.


Cheers!