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."

Comments

Number One!

[Bieeanda]

Let's not forget that she was cast as the first officer in the original Star Trek pilot episode too.

Re:c'mon ppl,this is really sad,please hold the jo

[l0ungeb0y]

Out of respect for the dearly departed, please... DO MAKE ALL THE JOKES YOU CAN THINK OF. Only a self important sourpuss would want people crying over their passing.

I'm going to do what Scotty would have done: Drink a bottle of something good and bask in the fond memories.

Re:Who will replace her?

[Matt Perry]

Who will replace her?

Sound Forge and a dialogue editor. There is enough of her computer dialog from all the trek episodes and movies that an editor could splice together a variety of sentences without much effort.

Re:Who will replace her?

[Tekoneiric]

I'm suprised she didn't market her voice to the electronics industry for products like GPS devices.