"Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.

His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed his death, saying the cause was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Mr. Nimoy announced that he had the disease last year, attributing it to years of smoking, a habit he had given up three decades earlier. He had been hospitalized earlier in the week.

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His artistic pursuits — poetry, photography and music in addition to acting — ranged far beyond the United Federation of Planets, but it was as Mr. Spock that Mr. Nimoy became a folk hero, bringing to life one of the most indelible characters of the last half century: a cerebral, unflappable, pointy-eared Vulcan with a signature salute and blessing: “Live long and prosper” (from the Vulcan “Dif-tor heh smusma”)."

This saddens me more than the death of Harold Ramis last year. I related to the Character of Spock more than the other characters on the show. He'd been bullied as a child for being half human but eventually found acceptance with his fellow crew members aboard the Enterprise. Of course I've seen the Actor Leonard Nimoy in other roles but the role of Spock will always have a special place in my memory. As the good doctor once said "He's really not dead, as long as we remember him."

Thanks for the Memories Mr. Leonard Nimoy.