However glittering his other projects, Nimoy could never really escape the role that took him overnight from bit-part actor status to TV star. He also directed several films, including the hit comedy Three Men and a Baby and appeared in such plays as A Streetcar Named Desire, ‘Cat on a Hot Tim Roof, ‘Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, ‘My Fair Lady and Equus. He continued to work well into his 70s, playing gazillionaire genius William Bell in the Fox series Fringe. He played Israeli leader Golda Meir’s husband opposite Ingrid Bergman in the TV drama A Woman Called Golda and Vincent van Gogh in Vincent, a one-man stage show on the life of the troubled painter. But the couple divorced, and in 1988 he married Susan Bay, a film production executive.įrom 1976 to 1982, he hosted the syndicated TV series In Search of…, which attempted to probe such mysteries as the legend of the Loch Ness Monster and the disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart. In 1954 Nimoy married Sandra Zober, a fellow student at the Pasadena Playhouse, with whom he had two children, Julie and Adam. He is survived by his wife, their children Adam and Julie Nimoy, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The son of a barber, Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 26 March 1931 to Ukrainian immigrants who were Orthodox Jews. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.”Ī life is like a garden. His final tweet on 23 February read: “A life is like a garden. In latter years he was a frequent user of Twitter. He was recently pictured looking frail and using an oxygen cylinder as he was wheeled through New York’s JFK airport. Nimoy announced last year that he suffered from Cop disease, which he attributed to years of smoking, a habit he had given up 30 years earlier.

He became a household name for Star Trek fans across the world – even playing cameo roles in the Star Trek franchise at late as 20 in a follow-up movie.īut his ambivalence towards the role was clear: his two autobiographies were titled I Am Not Spock (1975) and I Am Spock (1995). But it was his role as Mr Spock was catapulted him to fame. His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed his death on Friday, saying the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary (Cop) disease.ĭuring his life Nimoy was a poet, singer and photographer. Nimoy, most famed for his role as Mr Spock on the original Star Trek series from 1966 to 1969, was hospitalised last week following complaints of severe chest pains.

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