Leonard Nimoy has passed on.

As one of my friends remarked, it felt like he would always be there. He was this cosmic force, this stalwart not just of acting and science fiction, but of life also. He was a kind-hearted, wise, likeable man, and doubtless he has inspired thousands across the fields of art and science. It will be a long, long time before we see another quite like him. He was never afraid to laugh at himself, or to lampoon the projects with which he had involved himself – for he knew that whenever we were laughing, we laughed with him, lovingly at his work, as friends might do. read more