{"id":50276,"date":"2015-05-04T04:54:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T10:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/04\/rip-grace-lee-whitney.html"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:38:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T21:38:36","slug":"rip-grace-lee-whitney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/04\/rip-grace-lee-whitney.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Grace Lee Whitney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeoman Janice Rand never quite worked in <i>Star Trek,<\/i> as it evolved in the original series, but that&#39;s at least as much the fault of Roddenberry and the writers as any serious fault of Whitney&#39;s.<\/p>\n<p>That said, she was part of the family, and it&#39;s sad to see her passing.  Her desire to be known for her alcohol recovery &#8212; as an inspiration for others &#8212; is worth noting.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Yeoman. Carry on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/tv\/grace-lee-whitney-yeoman-rand-original-star-trek-dies-n353001\">http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/tv\/grace-lee-whitney-yeoman-rand-original-star-trek-dies-n353001<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/grace-lee-whitney-dead-star-793031\">http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/grace-lee-whitney-dead-star-793031<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksofdoom.com\/2015\/05\/03\/star-trek-grace-lee-whitney-died\">http:\/\/www.geeksofdoom.com\/2015\/05\/03\/star-trek-grace-lee-whitney-died<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1NbQSAFMFFg' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/ixFUwY7ewPU'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeoman Janice Rand never quite worked in Star Trek, as it evolved in the original series, but that&#39;s at least as much the fault of Roddenberry and the writers as any serious fault of Whitney&#39;s. That said, she was part of the family, and it&#39;s sad to see her passing. Her desire to be known &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/04\/rip-grace-lee-whitney.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RIP, Grace Lee Whitney&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,75,360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-performers","category-media-tv-star-trek"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31916,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/26\/star-trek-the-infographic.html","url_meta":{"origin":50276,"position":0},"title":"Star Trek: The Infographic","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 26-Dec-12 9:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"(h\/t +Mark Means)Reshared post from +Eoghann IrvingStar Trek InfographicBrush up on a whole slew of facts and figures about Star Trek: The Original Series, which you didn't actually need to know.The full size original is here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/Star-Trek-infographic\/2085020 Google+: View post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":134773,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/19\/tos-crew-star-trek-discovery.html","url_meta":{"origin":50276,"position":1},"title":"The TOS crew and &#8220;Star Trek: Discovery&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 19-Sep-17 6:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the intriguing (and dangerous) aspects of setting Star Trek: Discovery only ten years before The Original Series is that all of those TOS characters were actually alive then, and some of them were serving in Star Fleet. 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Occasionally over the top, but also grounded by some major character themes worth considering.Full review: http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-trek-beyond\/Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars (with a heart)And that wraps up #FatherDaughterMovieWeek with +Kay Hill. 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