He grew up three blocks from here

[sovay]

Leonard Nimoy has died.

I am stunned. I thought he would be around forever. I know no one is, but he was there so early, even in the Museum of Science; I was just talking about him. He was the only actor to survive the Abrams reboot of Star Trek, so why not everything else the universe could throw at him? I can remember being six or seven, teaching my hands the Vulcan salute that I did not yet know came from the blessing of the Kohanim. He was household shorthand for intelligence in science fiction, unapologetically intellectual and deeply loved. We had at least one of his autobiographies in the house. I talk about losing people like watching landscapes fall away. This is like losing a star out of the sky.

His memory for a blessing.

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[phi]

I'm still in denial over here.

[gwynnega]

His absence is hard to fathom.

His memory for a blessing.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

This is like losing a star out of the sky.

The light travels on.

*hugs*

Nine

[pameladean]

I am stunned too. He kept on working, and he was so vital, so capable of enjoyment and nuance; and not all that old by optimistic contemporary standards. I am so very sad. I was sixteen when "Star Trek" premiered and he simply got into my nascent idea of the way things were and ought to be. My own favorite Trek character was McCoy, but I had friends whose lives were really literally saved by Spock, by seeing how Spock managed a complex and sometimes difficult situation; and I loved them, and I loved Spock.

P.

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

Meaning to watch this when I get a minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QAYvI5CC5s&feature=youtu.be

Leonard Nimoy's Mameloshn: A Yiddish Story
Yiddish Book Center

Published on Feb 6, 2014

Yes, Leonard Nimoy speaks Yiddish. Learn more about Leonard (Leyb) Nimoy from his Jewish roots in Boston's heymish West End neighborhood to his brief stint working with famous Yiddish theatre maven Maurice Schwartz in these video highlights from the Wexler Oral History Project's interview with the man made famous by his role as Spock on Star Trek.

To watch the full interview, visit: http://bit.ly/1lCZphz

Archival photographs courtesy of the West End Museum, the Jules Aarons Estate, and Leonard Nimoy's personal collection.

To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell...

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Amen. Selah. His was a life well-lived.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I had exactly the same feeling. "Noo--you can't go!"

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I was more expecting it -- the COPD seemed to be getting ahead of him -- but damn, this is one of those times when I just can't even really encompass it all.

His memory for a blessing.

(Also, his last tweet: "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP")

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

...Wow.

[teenybuffalo.livejournal.com]

I also had come to think he would be around forever. He did a lot of wonderful things. I remember being impressed that he did that series of photos of plus-sized women, and admiring it at Michaelson Gallery. I still haven't seen all of ST:TOS despite its being the earliest TV I watched; I should get on that.

Right now I'm sad, yet touched that lots of people in the last day have been talking about how he changed their lives for the better in some way.

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

I thought he would be around forever.

Admittedly, this is how I felt, too. I'm still stunned.

(His memory for a blessing indeed.)