Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa) has Passed Away

[Akiraprise]

Patti Yasutake dead at 70: Beef and Star Trek actress passes away after cancer battle

Cancer sucks. I enjoyed her Nurse Ogawa character quite a bit, as small as the part was. She was fun. RIP Patti.

 

[Turtletrekker]

RIP.

F*ck cancer.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

RIP. I was just reading about this. F&ck Cancer.

 

[Lord Garth]

RIP.

 

[Alexander Corrino]

Oh no, how sad... I actually met her in the press room at her first convention in Germany, she was standing there looking a little lost and I asked if everything was okay and she said she was super nervous because her panel was right before Sir Patrick's (very first panel in Germany also) and she feared everyone would boo her off the stage because they wanted to see him already. I told her it would be okay. We talked a bit more and she also remarked that "you Germans are all so TALL" (lol) and we laughed and idk it was just a nice little random conversation... she was super sweet and seemed like a really wonderful person. RIP Patti.

 

[Lynx]

May she find eternal peace and joy in Heaven.

 

[FederationHistorian]

Sad to hear. RIP.

 

[flandry84]

Terrible news.

 

[John Clark]

RIP

 

[penguin44]

Yeah and I am sad that none of the sites have covered it. She deserved better

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I saw the news on yahoo news last night, but it was late.

 

[JoseNoodles]

A great cast member. Rest in Peace.

 

[TedShatner10]

Underrated supporting character and 70 is disappointing ('eff cancer).

 

[Mojochi]

She will be missed

 

[Moviefan2k4]

Cancer is always terrible; my Mom passed from it in 2015, and my cousin's been fighting it for the past 3 years. Patti's family is definitely in my heart today.

 

[JesterFace]

Nurse Ogawa was on my TV today in 'Cause and Effect'. She was great as usual.

 

[Mitty]

How did I miss this news? Very sad. I'm surprised she was only in 16 episodes, it just seems like she was always there. I remember reading an interview with her where she was thrilled about getting to appear on the Bridge in "The Inner Light", and had an ambition to be transported (which I'm not sure if she ever got to on screen). I think her most memorable scene was in the turbolift with Wesley while playing "The Game". That looked like a lot of fun for her to play

 

[Akiraprise]

I thought she was great as Dr. Ogawa in "Parallels" as well. She really just needed more screen time in general. At least the novel-verse was able to flesh her character out more.