Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:45:07 -0500
From: "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com>
To: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com
CC: WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Lost another one....
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Sad news.

     NEW YORK =96 Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek"
creator Gene Roddenberry, has died. She was 76. Roddenberry, an actress
who appeared in numerous "Star Trek" TV shows and movies, died Thursday
of leukemia at her home in Bel-Air, Calif., her representative said.
     At Roddenberry's side were family friends and her only son, Eugene
Roddenberry Jr. Gene Roddenberry died in 1991.
     Her romance with Roddenberry earned her the title "The First Lady
of Star Trek." A fixture in the "Star Trek" franchise, her roles
includedNurse Christine Chapel in the original "Star Trek," Lwaxana Troi =

in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the voice of the USS Enterprise
computer in almost every spin-off of the 1966 cult series. She recently
reprised the voice role in the upcoming "Star Trek" film directed by
J.J. Abrams.