Leonard Nimoy, Spock from Star Trek, Passes Away: LLAP

US President Barack Obama tweeted: “Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy.” —President Obama #LLAP

It is a sad day for family, friends and geeks all over the world. One of the most iconic geek culture figures passed away today from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Leonard Nemoy played the half-alien 1st officer of the USS Enterprise on the TV show and movies: Star Trek. It was said that Leonard Nimoy had gotten the disease from smoking, though he quit years ago.

This was tweeted on Leonard Nimoy’s Twitter account:

Hi all, as you all know, my Grandpa passed away this morning at 8:40 from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was an extraordinary man, husband, grandfather, brother, actor, author-the list goes on- and friend. Thank you for the warm condolences. May you all LLAP. – Dani

P.s. I will be putting special shirts up on our site, SHOPLLAP.com , where all of the proceeds will go to the COPD Foundation. I hope to hear from you all.

Hashtags of #LLAP are going around. This is short for “Live Long And Prosper” (“dif tor heh smusma” in the Vulcan language as spoken in Star Trek: The Motion Picture), the common greeting from Spock and the Vulcan race.

You will be missed dearly Mr. Spock. May you Live Long And Prosper in the afterlife.

Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015