Nichelle Nichols RIP

[Drew]

Sad to read this afternoon that Star Trek's first communications officer Nichelle Nichols passed away yesterday; The best known story about Nichols still seems worth repeating.  At an NAACP function she met Martin Luther King who was a fan of the show. She told him about her plans to leave  after the first season. He told her not to--what she was doing was too important....too groundbreaking:

  https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/entertainment/nichelle-nichols-tributes/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0SFFsAx_8Ll21vYOij2B-xKF1ggl5BZOOSYfsBA-04tZ1XtssYNonGxgQ

[dirac]

It is sad news. I have been reading the obits and just learning about what a remarkable person she was. Lieutenant Uhuru really was a groundbreaking role and King was right - if she left the part it was unlikely that her replacement would be black and female. 

Remaining original cast members: William Shatner and George Takei. I think Walter Koenig is still around and about, too. 

[Helene]

Walter Koenig is, indeed, still around and active on the con circuit and on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/GineokwKoenig