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Sci-fi icon Majel Barrett Roddenberry dies at 76
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:26 pm
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I was stunned just read this now. Another Sci-Fi legend in the world of Star Trek has passed away. Majel Barrett Roddenberry(wife of Gene Roddenberry). RIP Majel
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December 19, 2008, LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and a member of the show's cast, has died. She was 76.
Barrett Roddenberry died of leukemia on Thursday at her home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air, her family said in a statement.
Her relationship with Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991 after the two had been married for 22 years, earned Barrett Roddenberry the nickname "The First Lady of Star Trek ."
She had roles in nearly every "Star Trek" television show and movie, playing Nurse Chapel in the original series and lending her voice to the starship's computer in nearly every incarnation of the saga.
She recently finished her role as the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in director J.J. Abrams' movie " Star Trek ," which is due out in May, 2009, her family said.
Barrett Roddenberry is survived by her only son, Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. A public memorial is expected to be scheduled for sometime after Christmas .
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Leigh Hudec, February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008)[1] was an American actress and producer. She was also the widow of television director/producer/writer and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry
Roddenberry Family Releases Video Tribute To Majel Barrett
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:21 pm
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Further to the article above.. RIP
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
Jan-07-2009
The Roddenberry family has honored its matriarch with a special video highlighting the amazing life of Majel Barrett Roddenberry.
The video, offered exclusively to SyFy Portal , features never-before-seen photos of Mrs. Roddenberry growing up, with her late husband "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, with her son Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr., and from some of her most memorable television and movie appearances, including "Star Trek," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Star Trek: The Animated Series," "Family Guy," "Earth: Final Conflict" and more.
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