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'Scotty' Actor James Doohan Suffering from Alzheimers Disease

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By Steve Krutzler / 14:38, 1 July 2004 / People

The British press reports today that STAR TREK actor James Doohan is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. According to Sky News, the 84 year-old 'Scotty' star has also battled Parkinson's, diabetes, and lung fibrosis.

"With Jimmy it's the loss of words," his wife Wende revealed. "He is not so sick yet that he doesn't know people... What he had for breakfast might be an iffy thing, but golly he could tell you all about how he got the part in STAR TREK."

Doohan will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony in Los Angeles next month (story), joining all but Walter Koenig ('Chekov') from the original STAR TREK series to have received the honor.

For the full report from Sky News, visit this page.



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By: TrippingOverGod (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:39:16 on Jul 02, 2004

They did! There was clear reverence for him throughout the episode, but they needed a STORY to go with it - they couldn't have "The inferior crew of the USS Enterprise D, who could never be as good a crew as the original, sit around and gawp at Scotty, while he regails them with tales of his past and gives the engineers now useless advice".

The fact is that Scotty no longer has knowledge of Federation engines. He's been out of the loop for something like 70 years, whilst IN the loop of a transporter buffer. He WAS in the way, and just because "he's SCOTTY", doesn't mean that they shouldn't be frank with him about that kind of thing.

And as other people have said, by the end of the episode, Scotty is a hero again, whilst teaching Geordi some of the old original series ways. What more do you want?

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