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Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921, in his parents' rented home in El Paso, Texas, the first child of Eugene Edward Roddenberry and Caroline "Glen" (née Golemon) Roddenberry. [1] The family moved to Los Angeles in 1923 after Gene's father passed the civil service test and was given a police commission there. [ 2 ]
Majel Barrett (1932–2008), American actress who played Christine Chapel in the original Star Trek series; wife of Gene Roddenberry. A symbolic portion of both her cremated remains and Roddenberry's cremated remains will be launched into space on a future Celestis mission. [47] [48] William R. Pogue (1930–2014), American astronaut. [47] [49]
The phrase itself was subsequently worked into the show's opening narration, which was written in August 1966, after several episodes had been filmed, and shortly before the series was due to debut. It is the result of the combined input of several people, including Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and producers John D. F. Black and Bob ...
Gene Roddenberry appearing in an advertisement for Mutual of New York in 1961 Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter , producer and futurist best remembered for creating the original Star Trek television series . [ 1 ]
Celestis, Inc. is a company that launches cremated human remains into space, a procedure known as a space burial.It is a subsidiary of the private space company Space Services Inc. [1] The company purchases launches as a secondary payload on various launch vehicles, and launches samples of a person's cremated remains.
Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921, in his parents' rented home in El Paso, Texas, the first child of Eugene Edward Roddenberry and Caroline "Glen" (née Goleman) Roddenberry. He was named after his father and referred to as "Little" Gene. Roddenberry would later describe his father as "very intelligent" but a "very common man". [2]
The Roddenberry Building on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood. In 1985, Gene Roddenberry was the first television writer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [2] He was given a Macintosh 128K by Apple Inc. in 1986, which was later upgraded by the company and re-designated as a Macintosh Plus with the production number of M-0001.
I always felt that Star Trek Animated was part of Star Trek because Gene Roddenberry accepted the paycheck for it and put his name on the credits. And D. C. Fontana – and all the other writers involved – busted their butts to make it the best Star Trek they could. But this whole business of "canon" really originated with Gene's errand boy.