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Nichelle Nichols, Uhura in 'Star Trek,' Dies at 89
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/nichelle-nichols-dead-star-trek-the-original-series-1235330159/
Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed communications officer Uhura on the original "Star Trek" series, died Saturday night in Silver City, N.M. She was 89 years old.
Nichols' death was confirmed by Gilbert Bell, her talent manager and business partner of 15 years.
Lt. Uhura will hail no more
Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on Star Trek TOS has died, leaving behind fond memories and a lasting memory of a black woman in a Command position (I remember that on Land of the Giants, there was a black male who was second in command).
Was she not also on an episode or two of Star Trek Continues (or such independent show)?
Fond and lasting memories as 'heroes' continue aging and dying. Uhura WILL be missed, by me at least. :(
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nichelle-nichols-obituary-star-trek-1.6537750
Trailblazing Star Trek Actress Nichelle Nichols Dies at 89
Trailblazing Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols dies at 89:
American actress Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role in 1960s sci-fi TV series Star Trek, has died aged 89.
Ms Nichols broke barriers in her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in the series, becoming one of the first black actresses in the US to play a figure in authority.
She was later employed by Nasa in an effort to encourage more women and African-Americans to become astronauts.
She died of natural causes on Saturday night, her son Kyle Johnson said.
[...] As well as working as an actress, Ms Nicholls also became an ambassador for the US space agency Nasa, helping to recruit women and minorities to its Space programme.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday August 03 2022, @01:30AM (1 child)
Younger people cannot understand how groundbreaking her presence on the show was to television audiences at the time. Roddenberry sneakily made most episodes a morality play of some sort, challenging many social mores of the day, but casting Nichols as Uhura was probably his biggest coup.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 03 2022, @06:39AM
I've seen a couple dozen episodes over the years, but started watching it from the beginning a few weeks ago. The show was in reruns before I was born, so it's tough to have a real perspective except through witnessing the lingering effects it left behind. The marks it left on sci-fi and TV in general are the easiest to see, but what people experienced at the moment it was first aired is near impossible to judge from here.