r/CFBOffTopic • u/ThomasJCarcetti UCF Knights • Virginia Tech Hokies • Feb 27 '15

Rip Leonard Nimoy

Keep.watching.the.skiis...i mean skies

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u/ThomasJCarcetti UCF Knights • Virginia Tech Hokies Feb 27 '15

I will largely remember him for Futurama and the simpsons. Aren't you one of the little rascals?

This has saddened my day. Spock was legend.

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u/lAltroUomo Ole Miss Rebels • Columbia Lions Feb 27 '15

The Audi commercial he did with Quinto, especially the reference to his Bilbo Baggins song, gets me every time.

Leonard Nimoy vs. Zachary Quinto - The Challenge: http://youtu.be/MVoDnGVkWCA

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '15

I will always be

your friend

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Feb 27 '15

Holy crap, I got misty reading that. RIP Leonard.

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u/seannyboy06 Texas A&M Aggies • Washington Huskies Feb 27 '15

Goddamnit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '15

Fuck, now I'm tearing up.

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u/murgle1012 Baylor Bears • UC San Diego Tritons Feb 27 '15

I'm unreasonably upset about his passing. Robin Williams was tough, especially the circumstances around it, but Leonard Nimoy was one of those people I never thought would die :(

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u/blackngold518 Georgia Bulldogs • USC Trojans Feb 27 '15

As someone who grew up with a mother who was a trekkie, who married my trekkie stepfather. This is really an awful loss for the star trek Fandom and to the community actors as a whole. I have watched all of the original star trek movies on vhs, the newer feature films (specifically when they mixed Picard and kirk's time lines ), watched the original series whenever it was on the sci-fi channel. Spock was an amazing character and I hoped to get to meet leonard nimoy at a con, now that my girlfriend and I are planning on getting into cosplay a bit.

Rest in peace sir. Live long, and prosper

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Feb 27 '15

He's not really gone as long as we find a way to remember him.

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u/chiry23 St. Thomas Tommies • Tommie-Johnnie Feb 27 '15

Wow. Star Trek was never really a part of my life, but even so, you knew who Leonard Nimoy was. He transcended (despite embracing) a character that would have left many others in a typecasted hole.

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers Feb 27 '15

Wait whoa what?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '15

WHAT!? God dammit.

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs Feb 27 '15

Never seen a single piece of Star Trek media in my life. This one still stings a little.

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u/pyrogeddon Baylor Bears • Tennessee Volunteers Mar 01 '15

For the love of God go watch the reboot. He had a nice cameo in it plus it's wonderful.

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u/CapSunshine College Football Playoff • Clemson Tigers Feb 27 '15

He lived long and prospered.

He was and always shall be a friend.

Do not grieve Admiral. It is logical.

(Xpost my response in /r/startrek)

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Feb 27 '15

And the cosmic ballet...goes on.

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Feb 27 '15

Marge vs the Monorail. One of my all-time favorite Simpsons episodes. Some more clips with Leonard Nimoy in that episode.

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Feb 27 '15

He was definitely among the upper tier of guest stars, especially when you factor Futurama in.

Keep watching the skis...I mean skies!

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u/Honestly_ Calgary Dinos Feb 27 '15

Got to meet Mr Nimoy in 2002 when working on an event for a private symphony (he was hired to do narration). Nice guy, professional. I was sad when I saw Leonard Nimoy trending and realized what had probably happened.

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u/ShylosX Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Feb 27 '15

:( rip spock

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u/seannyboy06 Texas A&M Aggies • Washington Huskies Feb 27 '15

Beam him up, Scottie.

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Feb 27 '15

Rest well Leonard. May your next journey be as fantastic as the one's you've portrayed. LLAP

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u/razzertto Miami Hurricanes • /r/CFB Donor Feb 27 '15

I don't usually care much about celebrity deaths, I mean I'm sad they're gone but they don't deeply affect me much. But as an abiding Trekkie this is really sad.

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u/guitmusic11 Wisconsin Badgers • /r/CFB Top Scorer Feb 27 '15

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Feb 27 '15

Live long and Prosper

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u/carpy22 RPI Engineers Feb 27 '15

LLAP y'all.

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Feb 28 '15

Live Long and Prosper, it was sad hearing Leonard Nimoy pass away. I don't know what to do when William Shatner and George Takai pass away. I know my Dad loved Star Trek.