James "Scotty" Doohan, dead

by **Folic_Acid** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:24 am

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) at his Redmond, Washington, home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.

The Canadian-born Doohan fought in World War II and was wounded during the D-Day invasion, according to the StarTrek.com Web site. He was enjoying a busy career as a character actor when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in 1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven different accents.

"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman.' "

The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons.

When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973, he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."

"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just lovely."

by **FarginMofo** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:26 am

by **Namloot** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:30 am

RIP

by **Tommy Boy** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:37 am

I thought that he had died a long time ago?

by **Folic_Acid** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:40 am

Originally posted by Tommy Boy
I thought that he had died a long time ago?

You're thinking of DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy.

by **NightCrawler** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 am

Yeah what a sad day

by **JimmyTango** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:49 am

Wasn't he suffering from Alzheimers?

by **SavageParrot** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:50 am

Man they are getting few in number

by **Agent-Commando** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:51 am

I guess it is time for Scotty to be beamed up for once... RIP old man...you will be missed.

by **Tommy Boy** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:32 pm

Originally posted by Folic_Acid
You're thinking of DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy.

Oh yeah, he was already beamed up to the big old Starship in the sky...

LOL

by **Spirit of Me** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:18 pm

Alzheimer's "long farewell"

Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative brain disease that usually begins gradually, causing a person to forget recent events or familiar tasks. Advancement of Alzheimer's disease varies among individuals.

Four million Americans have Alzheimer's disease. Unless a cure is found the number will be 14 million by the year 2050. It is estimated that 22 million people throughout the world will have Alzheimer's disease by 2025. Nineteen million Americans say they have a family member with Alzheimer's disease.

Ten Alzheimer's Warning Signs

Memory loss that affects job skills.
Difficulty performing familiar tasks.
Problems with language.
Disoriented to time and place.
Poor or decreased judgment.
Problems with abstract thinking.
Misplacing things.
Changes in mood or behavior.
Changes in personality.
Loss of initiative.

by **Tommy Boy** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:37 pm

in the last photo of that montage (well done btw), he looks like a bloated Shatner...

Pretty funny IMO

by **CodeRed68** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:20 pm

that sucks.. rest in peace "Scotty".

...and then there were two.

by **CodeRed68** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:34 pm

http://www.digitalwav.net/results.asp?Voice=Scotty

some Scotty-ism's...

by **Buliwyf** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:42 pm