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12-18-2008, 05:37 PM
LOS ANGELES—Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, has died. She was 76.
Family spokesman Sean Rossall says Majel Roddenberry died of leukemia Thursday morning at her home in Los Angeles.
Her son, Eugene, was at her side.
Roddenberry played Nurse Christine Chapel in the original 1960s TV series and had smaller roles in many of its successors. She also voices the computer in the upcoming "Star Trek" movie.
After her husband's death in 1991, she continued to promote the "Star Trek" legacy at conventions. She also was the executive producer for two unrelated TV science fiction series, "Andromeda" and "Earth: Final Conflict."
Article from Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11263728
Family spokesman Sean Rossall says Majel Roddenberry died of leukemia Thursday morning at her home in Los Angeles.
Her son, Eugene, was at her side.
Roddenberry played Nurse Christine Chapel in the original 1960s TV series and had smaller roles in many of its successors. She also voices the computer in the upcoming "Star Trek" movie.
After her husband's death in 1991, she continued to promote the "Star Trek" legacy at conventions. She also was the executive producer for two unrelated TV science fiction series, "Andromeda" and "Earth: Final Conflict."
Article from Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11263728
