R.I.P. MAJEL BARRETT-RODDENBERRY

MAJEL And GENE RODDENBERRY

Source: The Associated Press, http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=51445

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry’s widow who nurtured the legacy of the seminal science fiction TV series after his death, has died. She was 76. Roddenberry died of leukemia Thursday morning at her home in Bel-Air, said Sean Rossall, a family spokesman.

Roddenberry was involved in the “Star Trek” universe for more than four decades. She played the dark-haired Number One in the original pilot but metamorphosed into the blond, miniskirted Nurse Christine Chapel in the original 1966-69 show. She had smaller roles in all five of its television successors and many of the “Star Trek” movie incarnations, although she had little involvement in the productions.

She frequently was the voice of the Enterprise, and about two weeks ago she completed the same role for the upcoming J.J. Abrams movie Star Trek, Rossall said.

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