Actress Nichelle Nichols, known for her role as Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, has died. Nichols’ son, Kyle Johnson, shared the news on Sunday. “I regret to inform you that a great light in the corporate platform no longer shines for us as it has for many years,” he said. . “Her life was a good life and a role model for all of us.” Nichols was 89 years old when she died on Saturday, July 30 of natural causes.
To say that Nichols was the first would be an understatement. She entered Hollywood at a time when opportunities for black women were few and far between. In interviews next year Original line ended, Nichols said she considered quitting the show during its first season to pursue a career on Broadway but changed her heart after meeting Martin Luther King Jr. King, as a fan of the show and someone who saw Nichols as a role model, seemed horrified to learn she wanted to leave and persuaded her to stay with it.
In addition to participating Original line and it sequel to the movie as well as making memorable appearances on shows like Hero and exhibition about the future, Nichols has spent decades working with NASA to help the space agency diversify its talent pool. She also famously attended the baptism of the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1976 along with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and many of the cast. Original line. In 2015, she also flew on a NASA spacecraft during an eight-hour flight where the observatory studied Mars and Saturn. She will be remembered.
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