Born | Leonard Simon Nimoy![]() Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Died | February 27, 2015 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Cause of death | Complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California |
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Years active | 1951–2013 |
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Children | Adam Nimoy, Julie Nimoy |
Leonard Nimoy, is mostly best known as Mr. Spock from the famous tv series Star Trek (TOS) from 1964-1969, after those periods he did also portrayed lots of other series and movies.
However he still remain as Spock when in the late 70’s a new movie was being produced (Star Trek “The Motion Picture”) and from there on other movies past our eyes.
Nimoy was later diagnosed with Copd, A Long Illness, however he still kept busy for his fans as he portrayed the voice of spock in the online game Star Trek Online, Transformers: Dark of the Moon “Sentinel Prime (voice)”, and re-appeared as spock in the latest two movies of Star Trek.
More info is available on IMDB
Before he passed away he had just twittered a message that eventually got famous and still being used till today:
“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP” (Live Long and Prosper).
Leonard was 83 yrs old!