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STAR Trek fans have been mourning the death of trailblazing actress Nichelle Nichols, who died at the weekend.
The 89-year-old broke down barriers in her role as Lieutenant Uhura, becoming one of the first black actresses in the US to play a figure in authority.
It means only three of the main actors from the 1960s sci-fi series are still alive.
Here boldly goes and discovers what happened to the
Star Trek cast…
NADINE LINGE
Heroes, revealed she had a fling with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
But as her health declined in recent years, she found herself at the centre of a Britney Spears-style conservatorship battle with competing parties attempting to take control of her affairs.
Her castmates including Shatner and George Takei have paid tribute after her death from heart failure on Saturday.
GEORGE TAKEI
Hikaru Sulu
As a child, Takei grew up in US internment camps during World War Two and
– Lieutenant has described how his family and other Japanese-Americans were rounded up after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
During his stint as ship’s helmsman Sulu, he became involved in a decadeslong feud with Shatner – who he branded “self-involved”.
After coming out as gay in 2005, he became a high-profile advocate of LGBT rights and married journalist husband Brad in 2008, with Walter Koenig best man and Nichelle Nichols best woman. The same year Takei, now 85, also did I’m A Celebrity, coming third behind winner Joe Swash.
WALTER KOENIG – Ensign Pavel Chekov
Joining in the second series of Star Trek, Koenig played the Russian-born navigator and was cast due to his resemblance to The Monkees singer Davy Jones, in a bid to attract younger viewers. But his hair was already receding and the crew had to fashion a “moptop” hairpiece for him.
He became a writer and starred in various Star Trek spin-offs, as well as scifi series Babylon 5.
Now 85, he’s been married to wife Judy since 1965.
JAMES DOOHAN – Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
The Canadian actor, who played the Enterprise’s chief engineer, was wounded as a soldier during the 1944 D-Day landings.
After playing Scotty, he struggled to find work due to typecasting, but decided to go with it and made his money from personal appearances.
He fell out with Shatner, once saying: “I like Captain Kirk, but I sure don’t like Bill.”
But the pair had made up before his death in 2005, aged 85.
Doohan’s ashes were then fired into orbit by rocket.