Beam me up Scottie-James Doohan-has died.

[jojo54]

I loved that show. Scottie was my favorite.

on edit: Just saw it on MSNBC.

[RPM]

1. DAMMIT - I read that as James Dobson

now i am very disappointed...

[BR_Parkway]

21. You're not the only one, major bummer. I guess we're just wishful

thinking.

[ohio_liberal]

2. That's too bad

:(

[indie_voter]

3. :( n/t

[tubbacheez]

4. He's boldly gone

where everyone eventually goes.









Requiescat in pace, Engineer.

[tocqueville]

22. boldly gone where plenty of Freepers will never go

[tubbacheez]

27. I think I'll see some Freepers where I go.

And boy will I have a piece of my mind to give them!

:)

[ewagner]

5. Sad

Passing of an era.

:cry:

[Blue_In_AK]

38. Agreed.

How many catch phrases from 40-year-old TV shows are still around? Beam me up, Scottie....a classic.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

6. His dilithium crystals finally burned out.

He was one of the good ones. I'll miss him. :cry:

Beam me up.

[deminks]

7. Captain, Captain

The hull can take no more.

RIP Jimmy.

:cry:

[Botany]

8. But Captain the dilithium crystals just can't take any more.

Set your phasers to fun. And give us a wrap 5.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Oh no. *Pouring glasses from Scotty's finest fifth* A Toast anyone?

:toast: :beer: :loveya: :grouphug: :cry: :patriot:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Aye lass, I'll hae a wee dram

:toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Slainte

[beam me up scottie]

10. I just heard.

R.I.P. James Doohan.

You'll be missed.

[jojo54]

13. He was one of the good ones.

He always told Capt. Kirk he'd "try", and get it done no matter what.

Rest in peace James.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. Met him briefly in the late seventies. Seemed like a decent guy.

[TahitiNut]

15. (GMTA) "Scottie has been beamed up."

[obnoxiousdrunk]

16. OMG I first

thought it was DU'er named beam me up scottie.

[jojo54]

18. Sorry.

Should have been a little more clear on the heading.

[tocqueville]

17. Scotty was a true hero

Storming the beaches on D-Day
At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army, becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. “The sea was rough,” he recalled. “We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans.”

The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren’t heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on the screen), four in his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8643634/

Thank you Scotty for that too

RIP

[burrowowl]

36. RIP Scotty!

Long live Scotty!
I think he was beamed up to a better place!
Remember us Scotty!

[tabasco]

19. They'll never find another mechanic as good as Scottie.

No more tooling around at warp 10.

RIP Mr. Doohan and sympathy to the family.


:cry:

[QuettaKid]

20. "He's dead jim..." nt.

h

[kestrel91316]

39. No, Bones McCoy said that.

[Ezlivin]

23. One of the best engineers, ever

I wonder how many young boys and girls, after having watched Scottie solve another seemingly intractable problem, decided to become an engineer?

And I wonder how many adults decided to do so?

:)

[leftofthedial]

24. He gave 'er all she's got

Captain!

RIP Scotty

[Kingshakabobo]

25. Damn! The "red-shirts" always die first. n/t

[ElectroPrincess]

29. LOL - so true :-)

The Star Trek series viewer always knew when "Captain's Deck Regulars" were beamed down with a Red Shirt (security/engineering) team ---> THAT all those guys were goners. The only guess was how they would be taken out.

Too funny - and true!

[robbedvoter]

31. Actually, Bones went before him, in spite of drinking considerably less

Loved Scotty, a bit less Dohan, but still - he was one of the crew....

[ElectroPrincess]

26. Awe, he was the best !

Scottie and McCoy were my FAV characters on the original Star Trek.

RIP James Doohan - dear man. :loveya:

[shoanete]

28. How sad

We'll miss you scotty

guess we can't beam out now :(

[Lorien]

30. Damn-I knew him personally

We spent a week together years ago (long story-nothing illicit), then I saw him again more recently. Very sad-but I know that Jimmy would prefer to go now rather than wait around for the Alzheimer's to destroy him completely.

Rest in peace, friend. :cry:

[jojo54]

32. I jealous that you had personal contact with him.

Maybe it's just his character that I loved so much, but I would have like to talk w/him about his character.

btw-love your ID. Is it from LOTR?

[Lorien]

33. Actually, we mostly talked about childhood, Canada, war,

good food, great movies, etc. The real shame is that it was such a long time ago that I can't remember the specifics of our conversations. Maybe I'll ask my mom; he met her and was rather smitten-they went out to dinner once or twice.

Yeah, the username is the elvish word for "golden" from LOTR (I'm a natural blonde ;-) ).

[LeftyMom]

34. :(

I'm sad, but we knew this was coming. He had alzheimers, it's probably best not to linger if that sort of deterioration lies in your future.

:toast: To James.

[roguevalley]

35. friends rode on a train with him and he was so sweet, talked trek

and bought everyone coffee. They said he was a very sweet, very nice man. He loved to fly and would fly under things that would get you arrested. :) Nice man. I will miss ye, boy-o. RIP.

[Tommymac]

37. Godspeed James.

'To explore new worlds...'

[DanCa]

40. James Doohan and Deforest Kelly

Were my favorites from the old series. At least there reunited together again.

[malmapus]

41. Scotty was a classic

I still think my favorite "Scotty" moment was from Star Trek IV. When him and Bones went to the plastics plant and he starts to use a computer. At first he starts talking to it, "hello computer", then the plant manager hands him a mouse. He picks up the mouse and starts talking to that, "hello computer", then the plant manager points to the keyboard and he goes, "ahh the keyboard, how quant."


I never realised that he was a WWII vet. Was really impressed by the fact he did hide his missing finger from the screen.

Godspeed James.

[Scout]

42. great guy, so sad

I went to a trek convention in the early 80s with James Doohan as the guest speaker. I was in line to get his autograph, and when it was my turn I asked the person in line behind me to take a photo with my camera. Mr. Doohan looked up and said "Oh, you want a picture, come around here with me." He invited me around the table and onto his knee for the photo. I still have that picture and his autograph.

We'll miss you Scotty.

[Deja Q]

43. I posted this yesterday, with a link, and got

I must have 50000 people set to ignore me. Can't blame them...