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"Scotty" Gets Walk of Fame Star

Posted by timothy on from the goodwill-towards-all dept.

linuxwrangler writes "Actor James Doohan, aka Scotty on the original Star Trek series received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today. This is expected to be Doohan's last public appearance as he suffers from Parkinson's disease, diabetes and lung fibrosis as well as recently diagnosed Alzheimer's disease."

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  1. Re:poor guy by kdogg73 · · Score: 0, Troll

    With any luck, alzheimer's disease will help him forget about the other three. Poor guy. Godspeed, Scotty. You got the power.

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    Let's face it, most of us are scoffers. But moments before zero hour, it does not pay to take chances.
  2. Re:mod parent down by AnFraX · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mod grand-parent up! If for not other reason than to make sad bitching parent mad.

  3. Too Bad For James! by rspress · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like he is breaking up Captain....He can't take much more of this. I can picture his obit:

    "Actor James 'scotty" Doohan died on Sunday, he suffered an unreversable warp core breach."

    Thankfully the original cast stopped doing movies, it was turning into geriatrek.

    Joking aside, when they go, like Deforest Kelly did, they will be missed!