Its rare for a celebrity's death to bring tears to my eyes but Leonard's death has R.I.P, Mr Spock. He has died on my birthday- In future I will remember him each birthday with a toast.
Same thing that took my father years ago. You do not get better if you have COPD - at least, not the form that my father and Leonard had.
He left behind a large body of work, some of it great, some utter schlock. I enjoyed it all. I'm grateful for Spock, for Vincent, for In Search Of... , for William Bell on Fringe, for that industrial film about the laserdisc player, for the stupid Bilbo Baggins song, for his re-emergence as Spock in Star Trek 09, that cameo that annoyed so many in STID, for Baffled, for his appearance on Columbo, for his appearances on The Simpsons, for I Am Not Spock, for I Am Spock, for The Lazy Song video, for his Tweets, for his craft, for his sense of humor about it all, for stuff too numerous to list. I liked the movies he directed. I liked his photographs. I liked him. Never be another one like him. I guess that's it. Oh, and for making me wonder what the hell LLAP stands for. LLAP.
R.I.P Mr. Spock Here's a funnier side of Leonard [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULOjT9GYdQ[/yt]
When he went home from the hospital, I fooled myself into thinking that he was feeling better. But he knew he was going home to die. It shouldn't be shocking-- he was so sick and frail for a long time-- but it really can't be anything else but shocking. How can there be a world where Leonard Nimoy is dead? His heart and talent brought to life a character who was an inspiration to millions, over the course of generations. He made it cool to be smart. For the overly emotional, he taught logic; for the cold and distant, he nurtured empathy. He had a long and wonderful life-- he lived long and prospered-- but we still feel loss because he gave us so much. RIP, Leonard Nimoy. Also, he starred in a classic Outer Limits adaptation of an Adam Link story, and he played Paris on Mission: Impossible. I love the Bilbo Baggins song. I'm still looking for a higher-res version of that video.
If any of you have MeTV, they are altering a lot of their weekend programming to show episodes in which Nimoy guested. Right now, I'm watching a cameo on Bonanza.
I just read this on Yahoo: https://tv.yahoo.com/news/william-shatner-feels-awful-hes-unable-attend-leonard-194211168.html Maybe I'm being too critical but if it was my "dearest friend's" funeral, I would find a way to attend.
First and foremost, RIP Leonard Nimoy. I cherish the memories of you. Respectfully, I think you are being too critical. As Spock himself said, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Charity is far greater than funeral attendance. I would have loved to see Shatner at Nimoy's funeral, but I am truly grateful that Shatner put his personal wishes aside and focused on those truly in need. The Red Cross is certainly worthy of Shatner's attention. RIP Leonard Nimoy.
Yes, you're being too critical, and you're using Nimoy's memory to do it, which is wrong. Reposting from my comments in TNZ, since apparently everyone is coming out of the woodwork to bring up this petty issue and criticize Shatner.