James Doohan, who played Lt. Commander Scott on @StarTrek, was born 101 years ago today.

[hlthe2b]

If you want to feel better today, listen to this account of how he responded when a troubled fan reached out to him

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[Skittles]

1. nice

I'm really glad the story did not end with the cliched married w/ kids, as if that's the only thing that can make a woman fulfilled

[Siwsan]

2. My brother was William Shatner's driver for the first Star Trek film

At least I THINK it was the first one. Anyway, he got to meet the whole cast. As I recall, he had nothing but praise for Mr. Doohan.

[hlthe2b]

4. I was never an obsessed Star Trek fan, but I always thought he had such a kind face that he must be

a good guy. Seems he really was.

[Siwsan]

5. I watched the original series and a couple of the movies. That's about it.

I'm not a big fan of science fiction or 'fantasy' stuff. My brother still is a total Star Trek (and Star Wars) fan. He worked at the 20th Century Fox film studio during the making of some of the later Star Wars films. I went to a Golden Globes screening of one of them. Too much CGI for my taste. Everybody around me was so geeked and into the film. I was bored to tears.

[hlthe2b]

6. Yeah. SyFi is not really my genre either. Sounds like your brother had some great experiences tho

I do like hearing about "stars" who care enough about their fans to reach out. Rare enough in this day, I think.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. Good decent people die,

while evil scum (tRump, Cheney etc) will curse our lives for decades to come.

[Coventina]

7. Cool! He shared a b-day with my mom!

She would have turned 80 today.

[electric_blue68]

8. Thanks. That's a wonderful story.

[PJMcK]

9. Mr. Doohan rests in peace in space

Following his death, James Doohan was cremated and some of his ashes were smuggled aboard the International Space Station. A fitting resting place for one of the most famous "space engineers."

[twin_ghost]

10. He was wounded 5 times on D-DAY at the Normandy Beach.

He served with the Canadian Army. After he recovered from his wounds he became a pilot for the Canadian Air Force.

[hlthe2b]

11. Quite a guy, quite a life.