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Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76
unassimilatible writes "If there was ever a sad day for nerds, it's today, as Majel Barrett-Rodenberry has passed away. The widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is best remembered as the gorgeous Nurse Christine Chapel from the original series, the pesky and officious Lwaxana Troi from The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, and of course the ubiquitous voice of Star Trek computers in movies, TV, and animated films (who hasn't used her voice as a system sound on their PC?). Majel also attended Star Trek conventions yearly and was a producer of Andromeda. Fortunately, Majel just finished her voice over work for the computers in J.J. Abrams' latest Trek movie. I have to admit, this made me sad, just having caught up on the entire TNG and DS9 series on DVD."
Were there any further details? Truly a Klingon icon.
She's dead, Jim.
Little known fact... Had the original Star Trek pilot cast gone to series and into a second season, she like Jonathan Frakes would've grown a beard.
Isn't that one of the syrup flavors at IHOP?
Sheldon
"She's dead, Jim"
No, it's "She's dead, get off her Jim!"
"My wife and I were just discussing her the other evening; while watching WALL-E. Feeling sad that pixar didn't cast her as the voice of the ship's computer. Instead we got a vague homage to Alien in Sigourney Weaver."
Hmm. And Sigourney Weaver played the part of Gwen DeMarco in Galaxy Quest - a person who's job it was to repeat what the computer was saying.
Godspeed, Majel.
Is that warp-eight, or -nine?
The creator of this post (Jacob Smith) hereby releases it, and all of his other posts, into the public domain.
or fools seldom differ...
I saw the Sign, and it opened up my eyes
Psssht. I beat myself all the time.
To pics of Nurse Chappel. *sob*
The only surefire protection against Microsoft infections is abstinence. - The Onion
Now would that be "News for Nerds" or "Stuff that matters"??
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