Courtesy of Associated Press:
LOS ANGELES — James Doohan, the burly 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 early Wednesday. He was 85.
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(Thanks to Ensellitis for providing the news flash)
I only saw a couple of the movies, but he always seemed like a nice fellow. In that hilarious documentary Trekkies he seemed to embrace the hardcore fans which is always nice to see.