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I haven't seen any formal obituaries yet, but this message board is a very reliable source.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterkidclassichorrorforum/david-loughery-screenwriter-and-chfb-member-t93561-s20.html#p1868475
Aside from TFF, he also wrote the 1984 SF film Dreamscape.
Heritage Auctions is offering the science fiction collection of the late Greg Jein on October 14-15. There is a massive number of Trek props, costumes, photos (many quite rare!) and more from TOS through the Kelvin films. Even if you don't bid (and I for sure am not), it's great to just look...
The non 'aired Menagerie' parts of the black and white 16mm "Cage" print are now on Youtube. It seems that a public, non-Portuguese subtitled print is out there somewhere...
https://trekmovie.com/2023/03/14/the-center-seat-oral-history-book-based-on-the-history-channel-star-trek-docuseries-arrives-next-week/
Based on the History Channel series.
This posed photo appears to be a group of extras from ST II-VI. Are they fans? The gentleman standing second from left looks a bit older than most enlisted personnel.
Neal Adams, the comic artist that helped reboot Batman and other DC comics characters in the late 1960s and early 1970s has died. His Star Trek contributions include art and writing on 1970s Peter Pan Records' TOS/TAS and TMP inspired Trek recordings as well as an IDW DC Kelvin Universe...
I don't think it has been mentioned here yet, but Valora Noland (Valor Baum), who played Daras in "Patterns of Force" died last month at the age of 80.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/marinij/name/valor-baum-obituary?id=34325147
James Bama, who illustrated the covers of many genre magazines, paperbacks and model kits in the 1960s and 70s has died at almost the age of 96 . He did the memorable "Where No Man Has Gone Before" inspired promotion art for Star Trek's premiere in 1966 (featuring rockets on the Enterprise...
I think I've seen some of these somewhere (startrekhistory.com perhaps) but here are some (silent) outtakes from the December 1964 filming of "The Cage":
Has anyone seen this before? I believe the translation is by Jack Bradley.
https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Wizard-Oz-IDnar-pIna-ebook/dp/B08R98W51V/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=klingon+wizard+of+oz&qid=1609201616&sr=8-1
http://klingon.wiki/En/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz
William Shatner guest starred on the ABC Saturday Night Live clone Fridays on September 25, 1981 (a month and a half before filming began on TWOK). Kim Carnes was the musical guest. The not so funny episode is on YouTube (some of Carnes' songs have been removed).
Here is 2018 interview with Laurel Goodwin, from "The Cage" pilot. Mostly about Elvis and co-starring in his Girls! Girls! Girls!, but a bit of Trek as well.
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-first-star-trek-movie/
https://www.amazon.com/First-Star-Trek-Movie-Franchise/dp/1476672512/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=first+star+trek&qid=1566490284&s=books&sr=1-3
Hope it has some new info in it.