James Doohan, chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise
in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures
who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty,"
died Wednesday July 20, 2005. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home
with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles
agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause
of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.

James "Scotty" Doohan will surely be missed

It is indeed a sad day for Star Trek Fans

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/12920.html

The Associated Press obituary
can be found at http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/

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James Doohan, chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise
in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures
who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty,"
died Wednesday July 20, 2005. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home
with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles
agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause
of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.

James "Scotty" Doohan will surely be missed

It is indeed a sad day for Star Trek Fans

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/12920.html

The Associated Press obituary
can be found at http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/

Yeah I heard about it a few days ago.He was a great actor & a nice man.He will be sorrly missed by us Trekkies/fans.

Aww Scotties gone....I used to watch the original Star Trek with my grandfather when is tayed over on the weekends ^-^ he loved it so much.

tsk-tsk...that wil gonna be a dark day for the fans...may him rest in peace...