Live long and prosper / 長寿と繁栄を

Leonard Simon Nimoy（レナード・ニモイ）

Born:

March 26, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

February 27,2015 (age 83) in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA

Leonard Nimoy: 1931-2015 - IMDb
Last tweet:

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP

— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) 2015, 2月 23

TOS共演者コメント

ウイリアム・シャトナー（カーク船長）

"I loved him like a brother. We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love." -William Shatner http://t.co/U8ZN98tVYp

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) 2015, 2月 27

ジョージ・タケイ（スールー）

Rest in peace with the stars, my dear friend. pic.twitter.com/D2dVG6I9Xi

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) 2015, 2月 27

ウォルター・ケーニッグ（チェコフ）

Walter Koenig, in an essay for Time Magazine, pays tribute to Leonard Nimoy. Always candid, Koenig reveals he knew Spock, the character, before he got to know Nimoy, the man.

The eulogies for Leonard will be affirmative, loving and respectful. That’s what people confirm after the passing of others, whether or not they draw an accurate picture. It is my honor to say that in this case it’s true; Leonard Nimoy was all those things.

He had great professionalism as an actor. On the set he was consistently the character he played. In fact, I got to know Mr. Spock long before I knew the actor who played him. It was a mark of his integrity that he was so loyal to the role he portrayed. When I finally did get to know the man better I discovered his compassion, his intelligence and his humanity. All of which laid the foundation for his keen sense of philanthropy.

I was struck by his integrity and his desire to be honest and straight forward in all he did. We were never close friends but I never stopped believing that if I ever had need for such a friend he would be there.

Walter Koenig

Blog作者コメント

レナード・ニモイとの出会いは宇宙大作戦（Star Trek）のスポックが先なのかスパイ大作戦（Mission Impossible）のパリスが先なのかはわかりません。
どちらの番組も私自身が子供の頃、夕方に再放送していたものを見ていた記憶があります。
特に印象に残っているのがMr.スポックです。
彼の地球人離れした能力（ヴァルカン人と地球人のハーフなので当然ではあるのですが）に魅力を感じ、私自身の人生に影響を与えた1人であると思っています。
（Mr.Spock/Star Trek、Carl Sagan/Cosmos、真田技師長/宇宙戦艦ヤマト）
大学では航空宇宙理工学を学び、航空宇宙関連の会社に入社し、一応宇宙関連である仕事をすることができました。
（本当にやりたかった仕事は宇宙に行く物体である人工衛星や科学探査衛星でしたがその部署には配属されませんでした。）

ミスター・スポック、そしてレナード・ニモイさん　ありがとう。

ご冥福をお祈り致します。Live long and prosper / 長寿と繁栄を