"Star Trek's Scotty Ailing"

[UltimateTrekker]

From us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/


Star Trek actor James Doohan is suffering from pneumonia. The Canadian star, 81, played Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott in the original sci-fi series and films. His spokesman revealed Doohan was recovering in the hospital in his home city of Seattle, Washington, and is expected to return home soon.

[StolenThunder]

Yes, he was ill a little while ago too...

Not a very well man, I'm afraid... And he has just had a daughter, too...

[UltimateTrekker]

"E!Online reported James Doohan should be out of the hospital by Monday following a hospital stay for pneumonia."

[Dj]

Hmmm... when he passes away(in the distant future, hopefully) are there any plans on sending his remains into space? It would be just perfect... on the coffin write "Enterprise"...

[Zeph]

When he does pass, I hope someone is there To play Amazin Grace on the bagpipes....It would be only fitting

[UltimateTrekker]

Zeph said:

When he does pass, I hope someone is there To play Amazin Grace on the bagpipes....It would be only fitting

I'd hope NOT actually.  The guys career was ruined because people actually thought he WAS Scottish!

What would be TRUELY fitting would be a full military funeral for a WWII (D-Day) vet.  Remembering him for risking his life for the free world (and the communists too actually since Russia were our alies at the time.)

[Christina]

Now that I do agree with.
And I hope the family do NOT waste money on one of those 'send your ashes into space' rip offs.

[Dj]

Hmm... I wonder if he's be willing to help me with my history report on WWII, I need to interview someone who was alive then... ;D

[Christina]

Somehow I think you're just a tad too far away to pop round and speak to my father............

[Gnom]

From Sci Fi Wire:

The Sy Fy Portal Web site posted a report that James Doohan, who played Scotty in the original Star Trek television series, has slipped into a coma after suffering a recurrence of pneumonia and is not expected to recover. The site based the report on a source close to Doohan's family, who told the site that Doohan has been in a comatose state in an intensive care unit for the past two weeks.

"He never recovered from the bout with pneumonia and had even been re-hospitalized and released again without anybody finding out," the source told the site. "It seems just a matter of his system shutting down at this point and how long it will take. Just meeting him the [past] few times has been pretty hard, as you could easily see how much he had slowed down mentally. The only reason he was attending those [conventions] was to raise money for his daughter. I guess we're lucky we've had him as long as this."

The 82-year-old actor was first hospitalized with pneumonia in February, but apparently had recovered. News of his being re-hospitalized recently came from fellow actor Walter Koenig (Trek's Chekov). The latest news has not been confirmed through Doohan's family, the site reported.



   

[AlexanderTheGreat]

[Christina]

this literally just in

www.trekbbs.com/ubb/Forum19/HTML/003717.html

" the rumours of his ...etc etc

[Gnom]

^Beat me to it... Let's hope the latter is true.

[James]

anyone know the most upto date reports on jimmy doohan?  i hope he is better.