{"id":13426,"date":"2008-12-19T16:53:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T23:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/12\/19\/majel-barrett-roddenberry-rip.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T20:44:36","slug":"majel_barrett_roddenberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/19\/majel_barrett_roddenberry.html","title":{"rendered":"Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was sorry to hear that Majel Barrett-Roddenberry<\/a> had passed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One of the things that struck me when seeing the trailer for J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek<\/em> movie was that, for as much as he changed in his effort to revitalize the Trek<\/em> universe, there were just enough things that he left unaltered\u2014perhaps in an effort to tacitly state, “While this isn’t your father’s Star Trek<\/em>, it still is Star Trek<\/em>.” Like that classic “red alert” sound. And it was also reassuring to know that Majel Barrett-Roddenberry\u2014who passed away earlier today from complications from pneumonia at the age of 76\u2014was once again the “voice” of Starfleet computers, reprising the role she had played in every iteration of Star Trek<\/em> since the very first episode back in 1966.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While I never much cared for her simpering Nurse Chapel character, her pilot role as Number One had fine promise, and she made up for a lot with the marvelous character of Lwaxana Troi — not to mention, as noted, her universality as the Enterprise<\/em>‘s computer voice.<\/p>\n

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She also had a (not at all mentioned, sadly, in any of the IMDB tributes I waded through) regular role voicing Lt. M’Ress on the animated Star Trek<\/em>. (And I’ll also mentioned she had a famous, gracious, and nicely turned star appearance on Babylon 5<\/em><\/a> as well.)<\/p>\n

Wikipedia entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(via Amanda)<\/p>\n

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I was sorry to hear that Majel Barrett-Roddenberry had passed away. One of the things that struck me when seeing the trailer for J.J. 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