July 20, 2005
Scotty: Beamed Up For the Last Time
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the apocryphal command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.I did not know James Doohan but I knew Scotty! There was never an insurmountable challenge for him. A model we'd all do well to follow. Posted by Steve on July 20, 2005Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) at his Redmond, Washington, home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.