Canadian actor James Doohan (Scotty on Star Trek) has died:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html

Farewell. Great show. Great memories.

nancyk mentioned it here, too:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=148654

goodbye, Scotty.