Star Trek passings

[mb22]

Gerald Fried -- the composer of 5 TOS episodes including Amok Time has passed away at age 95.

I know not an actor but one last of the giants of the production side of TOS. R.I.P.

Gerald Fried | Memory Alpha | Fandom

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/r-i-p-gerald-fried-at-95.313326/

 

[Grant]

Yes, I would have commented in that thread if it had existed! I'm a little too lazy to start a new thread on my phone.

 

[Grant]

Actress Barbara Bosson has passed away at age 83. She appeared on DS9.
R.I.P.

Barbara Bosson - Wikipedia

 

[flandry84]

RIP Barbara Boston.Great actress.
Took a potentially one-note and generally unsympathetic character like Faye Furillo and made her a great part of life “on the hill”.

 

[Tallguy]

Alex Rogan's mom in The Last Starfighter!

 

[Keith1701]

Rest in Peace.

 

[keel]

Ed Fury, who played the young drummer boy in the TOS episode 'The Omega Glory' passed away at age 94.

 

[Grant]

Ed Fury, who played the young drummer boy in the TOS episode 'The Omega Glory' passed away at age 94.

You mean "Yang" drummer. That was the episode with the "yangs".and "comms"

 

[keel]

Yes, but he was also a. young drummer. I'm tired....

 

[t_smitts]

Actress Barbara Bosson has passed away at age 83. She appeared on DS9.
R.I.P.

Barbara Bosson - Wikipedia

I missed this one. She was previously married to Steven Bochco.

If you really want to see her best work, check her out as the seemingly simple but highly formidable prosecutor Miriam Grasso on "Murder One" in the 90's.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Sharon Acker, who played Odona in The Mark of Gideon, has passed away at 87.

https://variety.com/2023/film/obitu...-point-blank-happy-birthday-to-me-1235570884/

 

[Henoch]

Sharon Acker, who played Odona in The Mark of Gideon, has passed away at 87.

https://variety.com/2023/film/obitu...-point-blank-happy-birthday-to-me-1235570884/

I'm very sad to hear this. Sharon Acker's Odona was a memorable character. RIP.

 

[E-DUB]

Sorry as well. Really like her in this oldie.

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[Grant]

Actress Sherri Townsend who is tied for the smallest speaking part in TOS -- 2 words -- "Morning, Captain." died. She appeared in "Tomorrow is Yesterday". It was her only acting credit. But she had died 9 years ago and a researcher only recently found her obit.

Sherri Townsend | Memory Alpha | Fandom

By the way, the other 4 actors who spoke 2 words are Cindy Lou (nurse) who said "Yes, Doctor." in "Return to Tomorrow" and Tony Dante (Krako's hood) who said "Sure is." in "Piece of the Action" and Bobby Clark (townsperson) who said "Festival, festival!" in "Archons", and Roger Holloway (Lt. Lemli) who said "Yes, sir." in "Turnabout".

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I missed this one. She was previously married to Steven Bochco.

If you really want to see her best work, check her out as the seemingly simple but highly formidable prosecutor Miriam Grasso on "Murder One" in the 90's.

And she played the mayor on Cop Rock.

 

[Grant]

Paul S. Eckstein who played multiple roles on DS9 and Voyager has passed away at age 59. R.I.P.


Paul S. Eckstein | Memory Alpha | Fandom

 

[Macintosh]

Yes, but he was also a. young drummer. I'm tired....

A young yang drummer?

 

[JoseNoodles]

Paul S. Eckstein who played multiple roles on DS9 and Voyager has passed away at age 59. R.I.P.


Paul S. Eckstein | Memory Alpha | Fandom

I'm sorry to hear this. 59 is a pretty young age to die. RIP.

 

[keel]

It's been a couple years since I've done any research and sadly, I had missed several of the elder crash survivors from classic Trek's 'The Cage', all of whom passed in the 1980s. I'm sure you all saw them on screen. However, here are more recent passings....
Keith Taylor - played 'boy' in the TOS episode 'Miri' - 2009
Eddie Smith - played a sciences officer in the TOS episode 'The Corbomite Maneuver' - 2005
Dick Cangey - played 'Otto', one of Khan's henchmen, in the TOS episode 'Space Seed' - 2003
Buzz Barbee - played the ambassador's aide in the TOS episode 'A Taste of Armageddon' - 2013

 

[keel]

More passings I'd never discovered....
Clark Ross, 74 - played an Iotian in the TOS episode 'A Piece of the Action' - 1987.
Len Felbar - played an Ekotian in the TOS episode 'Patterns of Force' - 2003.
Bob Whitney - played a party official in the TOS episode 'Patterns of Force' - 2007.
Chester Hayes, 86 - played the 'sound man' in the TOS episode 'Bread and Circuses' - 2000.
Joe Walls, 86 - played the slave in the TOS episode 'Bread and Circuses' - 2002.
Irene Sale, 69 - Played 'Louise' in the TOS episode 'Miri' - 2008.
John/James Gruzalski/Gruzal, 84 - played 'Don Juan' in the TOS episode 'Shore Leave' - 2022
George Allen, 79 - played an engineer in the TOS episode 'Devil in the Dark' - 2015.
This brings the TOS list to 377 who have passed. One note - In two seasons of TOS that I'd researched, only 5 actors have totally disappeared from the press, media, journals, Hollywood, Imdb, etc... IF they are still living, they would all be 89 and up in age. The oldest actor from TOS still alive is now 100 and about a month.