Nurse Chapel, Signing Off

Yes, I know this has nothing whatsoever to do with crime fiction. But I don’t want to fail to acknowledge the death earlier today of Majel Barrett Roddenberry, wife of the also late creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry. As the Associated Press notes,

Her romance with Roddenberry earned her the title “The First Lady of Star Trek.” A fixture in the “Star Trek” franchise, her roles included Nurse Christine Chapel in the original “Star Trek,” Lwaxana Troi in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in almost every spin-off of the 1966 cult series. She recently reprised the voice role in the upcoming “Star Trek” film directed by J.J. Abrams.

Roddenberry was 76 years old.

READ MORE: “Majel B. Roddenberry, Wife of Star Trek Creator, Dies,” by Dennis McLellan (Los Angeles Times); “Majel Barrett Roddenberry’s Star Will Never Fade for Trek Fans,” by Mike Moody (TV Squad).