Mcheza sinema wa Marekani Leonard Nimoy,ambaye ni maarufu kwa kuigiza kama Mr Spock katika sinema ya fikira za anga za juu Star Tre...
Mcheza
sinema wa Marekani Leonard Nimoy,ambaye
ni maarufu kwa kuigiza kama Mr Spock katika sinema ya fikira za anga za juu
Star Trek, amefariki dunia nyumbani kwake Los angeles akiwa na umri wa miaka
83, familia yake imethibitisha.
Mtoto
wake , Adam, amesema kwamba baba yake amekufa baada ya hatua ya mwisho kumfika
ya ugonjwa unaojulikana kitaalamu kama chronic obstructive pulmonary.
Nimoy
ambaye amefanyakazi ya kucheza sinema na kudarekti kwa muda mrefu amekufa Ijumaa
jana.
Hata
hivyo anajulikana sana kwa kuigiza kama nusu binadamu na nusu Vulcan katika filamu
za Star Trek zilizotengenezwa kwa ajili ya televisheni na majumba ya sinema .
Mwaka
jana muigizaji huyo alisema kwamba anakabiliwa na tatizo la mapafu (COPD)
pamoja na kuacha kuvuta sigara miaka 30
iliyopita.
Aidha
Februari 19 mwaka huu alikimbizwa hospitalini baada ya kupata maumivu ya kifua.
Baadae
alituma ujumbe wa twita uliosema: "A life is like a garden. Perfect
moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory."(maisha ni kama
bustani, kuna muda wa furaha kubwa, lakini huwezi kuendeleza furaha hiyo,
isipokuwa kuihifadhi na kuikumbuka)
Maneno
hayo alimalizia kwa kuweka saini yake ya "LLAP" –maneno maarufu
katika moja ya uigizaji wake yaani, "Live long and prosper".
Hiyo
ilikuwa ndio twita yake ya mwisho.
Ni
twita iyo hiyo ilitumiwa na mjukuu wake kuthibitisha kwamba babu yake amefariki
dunia hapo Bel-Air, California.
Mjukuu
huyo Dani Nimoy na rafiki alisema kwamba babu yake alikuwa mtu asiyekuwa wa
kawaida, mume, babu, kaka, muigizaji, mwandishi-na orodha huku ikiendelea na
rafiki.
Alisema
kwamba bidhaa zaidi zitaongezwa katika webu ya Nimoy na fedha zitakazopatikana
zitapelekwa katika taasisi ya COPD.
George
Takei, ambaye alicheza kama Hikaru Sulu katika Star Trek na ambaye alikuwa
rafiki wa Nimoy alikuwa na maneno hayao ya kuomboleza:
"Neno
mtu wa ajabu o linalotumika vibaya wakati mwingine, lakini kwa Leonard ni neon sahihi",
alisema Takei akizungumza na MSNBC.
"Alikuwa
amejaliwa zaidi ya kipaji lakini pia alikuwa mstaarabu sana."
Shirika
la Utafiti wa anga za Juu la Marekani (NASA) nao walitoa rambirambi zao
wakimkumbuka jinsi alivyowatia hamasa katika uigizaji wake ulitukuka kuhusu
maisha anga za juu.
Thousands
took to Twitter to pay tribute after Nimoy's
death was announced, including Star Trek actors past and present.
William
Shatner, who as Captain Kirk acted alongside Nimoy for years in Star Trek, said
he loved the actor "like a brother".
"We
will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love," Mr Shatner
said on Twitter.
Wil
Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation, said:
"We stood on your shoulders, and wouldn't have had a galaxy to explore if
you hadn't been there, first. Thank you, Leonard, Rest in peace."
More than a Vulcan
It
was Nimoy's casting as Spock in 1966 that made him in a star and, in many ways,
defined his acting career.
He
played the character in all three of the original series of the programme and
later in several big-screen spin offs.
Nimoy
had an ambivalent relationship with Spock, seeming to both cherish and resent
his close association with the role.
His
two volumes of autobiography - "I Am Not Spock" in 1975 and "I
Am Spock" two decades later - seemed to epitomise his mixed feelings.
Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
- 1965 appeared in rejected Star Trek pilot The Cage
- 1966-69 played Spock in original Star Trek series
- 4 Emmy award nominations, 3 for his character Spock
- 2013 appeared in Star Trek Into Darkness - his last film
Nimoy
did have success outside of his Spock costume, in both acting and directing,
and he pursued music, painting, and photography.
After
the end of Star Trek's initial run, he played master of disguise Paris in the
hit adventure series Mission Impossible.
Later
he directed two of the Star Trek films, The Search for Spock and The Voyage
Home, and in 1987 helmed the hit comedy Three Men and a Baby, one of the
highest-grossing films of that year.
Nimoy
announced that he was suffering from COPD last year, writing: "I quit
smoking 30 years ago. Not soon enough. Grandpa says, quit now!!"
COPD
is an umbrella term for several lung diseases including chronic bronchitis,
emphysema and some forms of bronchiectasis.
Sufferers
experience increasing breathlessness during the advanced stages of the disease
but it can be symptomless for a long time as it develops.
Leonard Nimoy:
Biography
1931 Born in Boston,
Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrants Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy
1951 Bit-part Hollywood
debut in Queen for a Day
1954 Marries Sandra
Zober. Two children, Julie and and Adam, follow.
1966 Cast as Spock in
Star Trek, which turns Nimoy into a star
1969 Joins cast of
Mission: Impossible and plays The Great Paris for two years
1979 Reprises role as
Spock in the first big-screen version of Star Trek
1987 Directs the hugely
successful comedy Three Men and a Baby
1989 Stars in Star Trek V
and then Star Trek VI in 1991
2009 Comes out of
retirement to play Spock in new Star Trek films directed by JJ Abrams
2014 Reveals diagnosis
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a progressive lung condition
2015 Passes away in Los
Angeles
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