Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols Hospitalised In LA After Stroke

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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Re:Best wishes to you Nichelle

[Livius]

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.