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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: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Friday August 05 2022, @02:47AM
If the show were produced now, there would have been extended soliloquys from those characters about how great it was that they were not oppressed now, the way their forebears had been. There would have been many plot lines written about fighting for social and racial justice. In other words, it would have been pretentious and nauseous.
Star Trek just showed a future where racism and discrimination were completely forgotten vestiges of an imperfect past. Sadly, we have not moved any closer to that future but much, much further away.
Washington DC delenda est.