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Making peace with Spock: Adam Nimoy on reconciling with his famous father
Even when the pointy ears came off, Leonard Nimoy had trouble expressing emotion. A highly repressed, high-functioning alcoholic, Nimoy connected with the character of Spock on “Star Trek” better than he could with his adoring young son, as Adam Nimoy writes in his new memoir, “The Most Human: Reconciling With My Father, Leonard Nimoy.”
It wasn’t until Leonard and later, Adam, who smoked pot daily for 30 years, both entered 12-step programs and got clean that they eventually found a tentative path back toward each other. But Adam Nimoy has never stopped celebrating his father and his work, including in his 2016 documentary “For the Love of Spock.”
On Saturday, Nimoy will be at the “Super 70mm Star Trek 60th Anniversary Series” at the Fine Arts Theatre Beverly Hills, where he will present his documentary and then discuss “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn” with its director, Nicholas Meyer. Then he returns to
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Leonard Nimoy: A long and prosperous life remembered
He has been, and always shall be, our friend.
If you know the work of Leonard Nimoy, you know that paraphrased line from what is probably his greatest scene: Spock, in the finale of 1982’s Stark Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, is dying from radiation poisoning after sacrificing himself to spara his crewmates aboard the starship Enterprise. He says this to his old friend, Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner), then presses his hand against the glass in the Vulcan salute. “Live long,” he gasps in his final words. “And prosper.”
One of my personal favorites is little remembered: a 1991 TNT movie called Never Forget, which starred Nimoy opposite Blythe Danner and Dabney Coleman in the true story of Auschwitz survivor Mel Mermelstein, who launched a landmark lawsuit against a Holocaust-denying organization in the 1980s. For a teenager who knew Nimoy only as Spock, his subtle, agonizing performance as a Hungarian Jew facing
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Leonard Nimoy
Full Name
Leonard Simon Nimoy
Also Known As
Leonard Nemoy
Date of Birth
March 26, 1931
Place of Birth
Date of Death
February 27, 2015 (aged 83)
Place of Death
Cause of Death
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Family
Dora Nimoy (mother; †)
Max Nimoy (father; †)
Melvin Nimoy (brother)
Jeff Nimoy (cousin)
Sandra Zober (ex-spouse; †)
Susan Bay (spouse)
Julie Nimoy (daughter)
Max Nimoy (son)
David Knight (son-in-law)
Dani Schwartz (granddaughter)
Alex Schwartz (grandson)
Spencer Schwartz (grandson)
Madeleine Nimoy (granddaughter)
Jonah Nimoy (grandson)
Morgan Pearson (grandson)