Majel Barrett Roddenberry Dies

[filkertom]

Sadness. Majel Barrett, the widow of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, has passed away at the age of 76. Ms. Barrett Roddenberry, of course, played Nurse Christine Chapel in the original and animated Star Trek, Lwaxana Troi on Next Gen and DS9, and the ship's computer in the movies (including the upcoming one) and every single Trek series (including some of the video games). Truly, the First Lady of Star Trek.

Thanks to ponderoid for the heads-up.

Comments

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

Hiring: New Voice

Must be able to sound like a computer.

Long term contract for the right sound. Contact Paramount HR.

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Wow. This one is a bit of a shock.

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

I tried to think of something witty. I got nothing.

RIP Mrs. R.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Sad news indeed. She'll be missed.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Sad news.

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

Having meet Eugene Roddenberry (her son) a couple of times, even being on a panel or two with him at a PenguiCon, I feel for his personal loss, in addition to our collective loss.

I really enjoyed it, in the first time Next Generation was playing, that Luxanna Troi was agrueing with the computer to get some directions. Yep, she was having a conversation with herself.

She was the first Number One. Would have been interesting if she would have been able to keep that role from TOS pilot episode.

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

I know...Number One was one of my fave characters from The Cage. Screw the "Focus groups" that hated her for 'daring' to be equal to the men.

[jss]

Well, crap.

[beldar.livejournal.com]

NOOOO!

I'm so glad I got to meet her, at least.

Snack will be devastated, Majel is the subject of one of her favorite celebrity-at-GenCon stories.

I hope there's an open bar in Heaven, where she and Gene can toast eternity together at last.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

RIP Majel. You have to commend her for (a) Nurse Chapel, (b) Lwaxana, and (c) being able to put up with Roddenberry for however long she did.

[valsadie.livejournal.com]

Um, 'specially Gene's rather complex feelings for certain ex-girlfriends (see icon pic) in his fading later years...

RIP Majel. You were just damn special. All there is to it!

[capplor.livejournal.com]

A request is being made for her 21 phaser salute.

[delazan.livejournal.com]

I met her at Gen Con in 1994 and found her to be a very kind and gracious lady. She will be missed.
-L.

[eoywin.livejournal.com]

How sad! I met her at a Star Trek con when I was a teenager, and she was super nice

[aylinn.livejournal.com]

*sniff*

I'm going home tonight & hug my teddy bear. I met Majel in the dealer's room @I-Con when she was working her table. She commented that he looked like a well-loved bear.

Milady, you will be missed.

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

I remember the Babylon 5 episode she was in, where she talks about the Centauri emperor...and you can tell that some of the lines she was delivering were just as much about Gene Roddenberry as they were for Emperor Turhan.

Rest in peace, Ms. Barrett, and thank you.

[bayushisan.livejournal.com]

I was going to mention that episode myself. I was mightly impressed that she gave that kind of nod to a show that was, in many ways, a big contender for taking fans away from Star Trek.

She seemed to think that both shows could exist and that's a rare thing in show business.

I've never heard anything bad about her and my heartfelt condolences go out to her family.

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

And she played the XO in the original pilot, before the suits declared that women being officers was just inconceivable, even in the future.

Good bye, good bye.

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

Aww, that sucks.

[awfulhorrid.livejournal.com]

Sadness, indeed. I have sound clips of her as the shipboard computer for my startup and shutdown on my laptop. I think those are going to stay in place for a while now.

[kirylyn.livejournal.com]

where did you find them??

right now I have stargate sounds but I think I need to change them!

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

Terribly sad news. I'm so sorry.

[zillafan.livejournal.com]

Sad news indeed.

I read Majel Barrett-Roddenberry reprised her role as the voice of the starship Enterprise computer in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie so we will get to hear her one last time.

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

Oh, no.

A friend of mine will be particularly devastated; she absolutely adored Lwaxana.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

A great loss to everyone. The Enterprise won't sound the same without her. She was as much of a key part of Star Trek as the Federation.

[trav13369.livejournal.com]

she will be missed, she helped shape pop culture and sci-fi, along with her husband.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Aw, crap.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

That sucks. I'm glad she got to do one last film, and am afraid I'm going to have to see it several times to catch all the lines. It's amazing how hard it is to hear with tears in one's eyes.

[ifics.livejournal.com]

She also played Dr. Bradly in The Questor Tapes, one of my non Trek Roddenberry shows. She will be missed. One by one we are loosing our crew..

[ladystarblade.livejournal.com]

Oh no...she was the first Trek person I ever remember meeting, back when I was literally a toddler...such a beautiful lady.

:-(

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

May she rest in peace. May Light perpetual shine upon her.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

The world will never sound the same. :(

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

*sniff*

A wonderful lady...I feel very lucky to have had the chance to meet her.

So many memories...the time she pulled out her personal contact list and made some calls to help us try to replace a GoH who had to cancel at the last minute...the time she had been autographing for so long that one of the volunteers figured she must be starving and offered her a roll--which she autographed, without missing a beat...and of course, the time our dog got to meet her, (we wouldn't have believed it ourselves if we hadn't seen it, but the dog knew who she was, and went all fandog)...

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Majel just finished up her work on the new Trek movie as, of course, the voice of the Enterprise's computer.

She was a wonderful person, I enjoyed all the times I got to spent time with her.

Sail On, Fair Lady

I met her

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

30-something years ago at one of the Equicons in California, then again back after Next Gen premiered. I asked her how she felt about playing the ultimate Jewish mother. She thought about it, smiled and said, "I LOVE IT!"

She will be missed. Badly.

[laurel-potter.livejournal.com]

I met her once, also, when we had the Star Trek con in Lansing -- can't remember what we called it. Majel was there along with Peter David and John DeLansie. Majel and John did a reading of their ST characters from one of Peter's books.

Crud.

[madrona.livejournal.com]

One woman wake in progress in SL.

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

We lose Deforest Kelly, we Loose James Doohan, and NOW we loose Majel Barret, BUT WILLIAM SHATNER LIVES ON AND ON AND ON???????

There Truly is no Justice....................

[tinrat.livejournal.com]

We may need to lose something to gain something. Star Trek is on the edge of becoming a true American myth.

Losing those we love may be a part of that.

Cue "Into The West" from Return of the King.

[saganth.livejournal.com]

I just got the news via e-mail... I had no idea she was sick (leukemia). I met her once back at Hampshire College where both her son Rod and myself attended - she came to the first 5-Con thanks to him. She was warm and friendly and a great pleasure to talk with, and I feel privledged that I knew her and was a friend to her son, however briefly. Rest in peace Majel. :(

[shinymarigold.livejournal.com]

Oh how sad! She will be missed greatly.