Nichelle Nichols has died
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A sad, sad loss.
She'll be remembered through the 23rd century.
Just here to pay my respects.
Legend. Will be missed.
Legend. Will be missed.
What horrible news. I'll be grateful for her role in Star Trek, but more grateful for the work she did with NASA in recruiting more women of color into the organization. RIP Ms. Nichols.
What was it she had been suffering from that there was some kind of conservatorship battle going on?
RIP beautiful lady.
Dementia for the past 4-5 years
No words seem appropriate.
On to the next, greater journey for Nichelle. When thinking of her life, it was much more interesting outside of Star Trek than within it. I saw her at a few of the big conventions during the 70s and 80s, and to the first point, she had so much more to discuss when it was not about her most famous role.
Some of my family actually had and held onto the January 1967 issue of Ebony--
She continued to be a trailblazer in the 70s, as she was but a handful of black women (along with Josie and the Pussycats' Barbara Pariot) portraying black characters in American animation (which was not the standard practice with the hiring of voice artists, even in the "liberated" 1970s).
Some of my family actually had and held onto the January 1967 issue of Ebony--
She continued to be a trailblazer in the 70s, as she was but a handful of black women (along with Josie and the Pussycats' Barbara Pariot) portraying black characters in American animation (which was not the standard practice with the hiring of voice artists, even in the "liberated" 1970s).
