Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:13:09 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
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Cc: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Lost another one....
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> "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com> 12/18/2008 11:45 PM >>>
>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.

Sad news indeed.

mjw