A salute to the late, great Lt. Uhura — and the wonderful actor who originated the role…
As you almost certainly know by now, Nichelle Nichols, the wonderfully warm actor who played Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek, has died at the age of 89.
Uhura has long been one of my favorite Trek characters and Nichols always made the most of the moments when she had the spotlight, such as in Mirror, Mirror, Plato’s Stepchildren, Charlie X, The Gamesters of Triskelion, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home — as well as her perhaps her greatest scene, in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock:
So here is a 13 COVERS tribute to one Starfleet’s finest.
Hailing frequencies open…
Joe Corroney
Moore
Boris Vallejo
Gordon Purcell and Jerome K. Moore
Keith Birdsong
Moore
Corroney
Birdsong
Moore
Corroney
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MORE
— NICHELLE NICHOLS: An Interview. Click here.
— The STAR TREK Top 13 Episode Countdown. Click here.
August 1, 2022
Thanks for posting this. She was a strong presence on “Star Trek.” May she rest in peace.
August 1, 2022
Hi,
I’d like to send a press release to you regarding my new book, “The Man Who Sold Superman to the World.” May I have the address to which I should send it?
Thanks,
Howard Blue
Memrevs@gmail.com
August 1, 2022
I loved her and will miss her.
August 2, 2022
Nichelle Nichols will truly be missed in this world. 🙁