Majel Barrett Roddenberry Dead at 76

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Majel Roddenberry, 'First Lady of Star Trek,' dies

Dec 18, 4:08 PM (ET)

NEW YORK (AP) - 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 included Nurse 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.

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[Mentalist]

Sad news.

 

[VKD]

Her best role was as Lady Morella in B5.

RIP

 

[Sadistic Bastard]

^ Agreed.

"I don't make jokes concerning prophecy..."

Class lady all of the way.

 

[NeonMercuryASH]

Sad.

 

[curiousa2z]

an era is over.
R.I.P.

 

[VKD]

There is one upside - we won't ever have to suffer the resurrection of the Lwaxana Troi character.

 

[whisky]

They will probably just have Brent Spiner play her if they need her.

 

[Dr Dave]

RIP

 

[chucklemeister]

She put up with a lot from Gene, I'll give her that. And she was also in Earth: Final Conflict as well as being in B5.

She will be missed.

 

[Gonad]

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