Farewell James Doohan. May his soul rest in peace.

USA Today has a good obit on Star Trek's Scotty, James Doohan. I didn't know this but he was a veteran of the Normandy invasion.

I met him at a Star Trek con back in the 1970's (after the show was cancelled and before any of the movies).

For people who were kids like me during the original run of the series, all of the cast were enormously popular, memorable, and influential in their optimistic but not boring version of the future.