Translated material
The performer of the role of Spock in the Star Trek series died
Leonard Nimo, who played Spock in the television series Star Trek (Star Way), died at the age of 83.
The cause of the death of Nimoy, his widow said, was a chronic obstructive lung disease. The fact that he diagnosed this disease was reported to Nimo in 2014. The actor called many years of smoking the cause of the disease.
The fact that he diagnosed a chronic obstructive disease of the lungs was announced in 2014. In mid -February 2015, Nimo was hospitalized (English JAZ).
- The premiere of the Star Trek series took place in September 1966. The role of Spock - one of the most recognizable characters in the series - brought Leonard Nimu fame first in the United States, and then around the world.
- Nimo was also the director and screenwriter of the two films of the Star Trek franchise. In addition, in 1987, as a director, he shot the comedy “Three Men and Baby” (Three Men and A Baby), which had a cash success.
- The circle of interests of Nimoy was not limited to filming in television series and directing films. So, he read the text in the documentary series “Secrets of Antiquity”, published in 1994-2006, and also voiced the computer game Civilization IV (2005).
- In the film Star Way, director Jay Abrams, released in 2009, Spock played another actor, but Leonard Nima appeared in a small episode. *