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Grace Lee Whitney, Janice Rand of "Star Trek" dies at 85
your central valley news ^ | 05/03/15 | unknown

Posted on 05/03/2015 9:06:06 PM PDT by Mmogamer

According to Family, Grace Lee Whitney has passed away peacefully this past weekend May 1, 2015 in her Coarsegold home.

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KEYWORDS: beehive; blonde; bombshell; graceleewhitney; hollywood; janicerand; obituaries; obituary; startrek; yeomanrand
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To: Bobalu

If she had a pixie haircut, she would be the hottest elf.


21 posted on 05/03/2015 9:33:43 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Secret Agent Man

She was only on the first part of the first season of Star Trek. She left the show under mysterious circumstances. It is very unusual to leave a show in mid season.


22 posted on 05/03/2015 9:38:59 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Mmogamer

aw man, I had such a crush on Yeoman Rand! RIP.


23 posted on 05/03/2015 9:39:51 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: spodefly
YES! In the future all women in the military must wear micro mini skirts! There's a few episodes when they bent over you could see their butt cracks LOL!


24 posted on 05/03/2015 9:42:58 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: Mmogamer

Whitney struggled with alcoholism for many years after Trek, along with several other issues, including drifting towards becoming a prostitute (stories vary on that count).

Fortunately for her, she was able to seek help and regain her sobriety in the 1970s. She often pointed to an embrace of faith and, in her words, “giving herself over to God” as the keys to her success. At any rate, she was able to reclaim her life, and re-emerged with roles in the TOS Trek films and a couple guest appearances in several of the later tv series’.

RIP, Ms. Whitney.


25 posted on 05/03/2015 9:44:23 PM PDT by DemforBush (Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
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To: boop

I remember she also said she had a drinking problem, probably a result of being raped.


26 posted on 05/03/2015 9:45:22 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

by Roddenberry??

j/k


27 posted on 05/03/2015 9:45:59 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: Mmogamer

WTF!!

Rest in peace < |:(~


28 posted on 05/03/2015 9:48:46 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Mmogamer
She was hot but I still would have used protection.


29 posted on 05/03/2015 9:51:22 PM PDT by matt1234 (2015-2016 America's enemies sense obama's weakness and strike)
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To: boop

Over the years, as I’ve viewed other items that Roddenberry wrote or produced (including his earlier series “The Lieutenant”), prior to Trek, I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a single one in which female characters are particularly well presented. He seemed to write them all as rather two-dimensional entities, as either airheads or sexpots.


30 posted on 05/03/2015 9:53:22 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Mmogamer; Chode; Slings and Arrows

The Enterprise could have beamed down on her Hair Hat.

RIP There will never be another Star Trek.


31 posted on 05/03/2015 9:57:19 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: greene66

Well, he never came across as a nice guy.


32 posted on 05/03/2015 9:59:25 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
Star Trek had many, many hot babes!
33 posted on 05/03/2015 10:00:07 PM PDT by djf (OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
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To: Mmogamer

RIP and prayers for her family.


34 posted on 05/03/2015 10:02:06 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: greene66

Both actresses that played Nurse Chapel and Uhura were sleeping with the boss Gene Roddenberry.
Gene Coon who did much of the writing and directing once walked into Roddenberry’s office to talk to him about something and while they were talking in comes Uhura from the next room wearing just a shirt that belong to Roddenberry....

From what I have read on Roddenberry he was quite the user of drugs which caused the studio to sidetrack him from the future Star Trek movies as he became erratic.


35 posted on 05/03/2015 10:02:55 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: fieldmarshaldj

The story SHE TOLD on a tv show several years ago was, She was called in and told she was being fired, BUT she could save her job if she “put out”.

To save her job, she did. Then she was fired anyway.


36 posted on 05/03/2015 10:24:11 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Some times you need more than six shots. Much more.)
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To: greene66

After “Star Trek” Roddenberry wrote a screenplay for an R rated movie that involved teachers having sex with students and murders of female students. He’s listed as producer of the film as well.

I saw enough of the film not to want to see it again. Its sick and toxic. The guy that married Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda and got them naked on the movie screens, Roger Vadim, was the director.

BTW James Doohan got a part in the movie.

This is a very dark side of Gene Roddenberry.


37 posted on 05/03/2015 10:28:47 PM PDT by Nextrush ( FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, DON'T BE PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: djf

#33 Top 50
http://www.listal.com/list/star-trek-original-series-babes


38 posted on 05/03/2015 10:39:27 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: DemforBush

She claims she was sexually abused (raped) and I’m glad to read what you posted about her sobriety and God.

There’s a woman out there who writes about recovery from addiction-codependency named Melody Beattie and I remember reading one of her books saying something to the effect that sexual abuse qualifies one to attend sex addiction meetings.

There was a lot of insanity going on 50 years ago when the “sexual revolution” hit and now we read stories about celebrities in the UK (Jimmy Saville and others) and Bill Cosby in the US doing crazy things back then.

I messed with booze and inhalants myself in the early 70’s and God helps me to say sober one day at a time.


39 posted on 05/03/2015 10:39:40 PM PDT by Nextrush ( FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, DON'T BE PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Mmogamer

RIP.

Hard to believe Scotty was a WWII vet and was at Normandy for the big invasion. I think he was a Sword or Juno beach, not sure. Great soldier, great Chief of Engineering! RIP too.


40 posted on 05/03/2015 10:42:13 PM PDT by Netz
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