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RIP Nichelle Nichols

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fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 22257
edited July 2022 in Tributes
Lt Uhura.

Family just announced it.
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  • HootsmonHootsmon Frets: 15657
    Lovely Lady
    tae be or not tae be
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    wow, not many left to boldly go now :( 

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • Caffeine_VampireCaffeine_Vampire Frets: 3475
    Trailblazer. 

    RIP Lt.
    'Vot eva happened to the Transylvanian Tvist?'
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  • UnclePsychosisUnclePsychosis Frets: 12324
    I really don't go for the Celebrity RIP thing but this one has hit pretty hard :( 
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 27656
    Sad news. Groundbreaking actress. I still like the original Star Trek best. RIP Nichelle
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 16332
    Bloody hell.
    Incredible strong iconic vibrant woman. RIP.
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  • JCA2550JCA2550 Frets: 417
    RIP classy lady.
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    Absolute legend, broke new territory that's thankfully common-place nowadays. RIP Nichelle
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    I just saw this in the BBC news story:
    Despite her success... Ms Nicholls had initially considered leaving the show. But she was convinced otherwise by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who described her character as the "first non-stereotypical role portrayed by a black woman in television history".

    Wow.  Never heard that before.

    I'm not really a Star Trek fan, but as a kid I did love the original series.  This is said news.  RIP.

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  • thumpingrugthumpingrug Frets: 2803
    Sad new.  She was a loverly person.  

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  • CavemanGroggCavemanGrogg Frets: 2357
    edited August 2022
    Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek The Original series, has just passed away from heart failure at the age of 89.  She was truly a real trail blazer, one of the first African Americans to star in a prime time show - Star Trek, as well as the first interacial kiss to be shown on TV between Lieutenant Uhura, and Captain Kirk.  Not to mention all of her work over the years working with NASA, promoting diversity in the American Space program, and encouraging generations or girls and young women to reach for the stars.
    She was truly one of the best and most interesting characters especially when you consider when The Original Series was made - 1960's.
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  • BillDLBillDL Frets: 5615
    She lived long and prospered.
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  • RolandRoland Frets: 8108
    Parallel threads merged
    Tree recycler, and guitarist with  https://www.undercoversband.com/.
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    Very sad. It's only Shatner, Takei and Koenig left now :( 
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • dazzajldazzajl Frets: 5092
    When Star Trek arrived in 66 it showed the world a brave new future in a far better place. Nichelle took the opportunity to show a brave new present. It’s probably the still the biggest thing that the franchise has achieved and seeing the character back on our screens is a wonderful hat tip to her legacy  <3
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6199
    edited August 2022
    Bless her, what a great actor and activist. I loved her when I was a kid. Still do really... 
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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 5849
    Truly an icon of her generation. RIP.
    (pronounced: equal-sequel)   "I suffered for my art.. now it's your turn"
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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 22257
    Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek The Original series, has just passed away from heart failure at the age of 89.  She was truly a real trail blazer, one of the first African Americans to star in a prime time show - Star Trek, as well as the first interacial kiss to be shown on TV between Lieutenant Uhura, and Captain Kirk.  Not to mention all of her work over the years working with NASA, promoting diversity in the American Space program, and encouraging generations or girls and young women to reach for the stars.
    She was truly one of the best and most interesting characters especially when you consider when The Original Series was made - 1960's.

    It wasn't the first inter-racial kiss on TV. That's just one of those half truths that has been accepted as fact. It might be the first on American TV.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/20/world/first-interracial-kiss-on-tv/index.html


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  • thumpingrugthumpingrug Frets: 2803
    Sad new.  She was a loverly person.  

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  • maw4neumaw4neu Frets: 526
    She was my Star Trek heartthrob when I was a young chap, a truly beautiful woman . . She was also a Trail Blazer and an Activist . .  Respect  . . . She will be sadly missed . . RIP Nichelle Nichols :-(
    Id just like to point out that, despite all the video and DNA evidence, it genuinely wasn't me, your Honour  ! 

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  • GoFishGoFish Frets: 1082
    ^^^What that man said. An inspiration for women in the workplace.
    Ten years too late and still getting it wrong
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