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Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols Hospitalised In LA After Stroke

Posted by timothy on from the but-we-said-to-live-long-and-prosper dept.

WheezyJoe writes: The Register tells us that Nichelle Nichols, who played the lovely Lt. Uhura, communications officer of the original starship Enterprise (original series and animated series), has been hospitalized after a mild stroke. She is reported to have undergone a CAT scan and MRI, and was awake and eating as of Thursday evening. Nichols has shown minor signs of loss of mobility but otherwise no signs of paralysis.

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  1. Nichelle Nichols, who played the lovely Lt. Uhura by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nichelle Nichols, who played the lovely Lt. Uhura

    Lovely? That's a bit of an understatement. She was down right sexy as hell in her day.

    I wish her a speedy and full recovery.

  2. Re:Best wishes to you Nichelle by Livius · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And they sneaked her into a role where the casual viewer would think she was just a switchboard operator, but in fact she would have had one of the highest security clearances on the entire ship.