Saturday, May 9, 2009
Star Trek creator's wife leaves £2.6m to her cats and dogs
The wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry has left £2.65million to her pets.
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, 76, died last December, leaving the money in her will to her cats and dogs.
Legal papers do not specify how many pets she had.
Mrs Roddenberry, whose husband died in 1991, also left £662,000 to her housekeeper, who is allowed stay at the family mansion to take care of the animals.
But it would appear such apparent largesse won't dent the family fortune.
Her son Eugene is to receive the family's Bel Air mansion and £60million in installments.
Gene Roddenberry is best known as the American screenwriter and producer of the original Star Trek series.
He was sometimes referred to as the 'great bird of the galaxy' for his founding role in the science fiction show.
Mrs Roddenberry, an actress, appeared in many Star Trek episodes, and was sometimes referred to as the 'First Lady of Star Trek'.
After his death from heart failure, some of Mr Roddenberry's ashes were placed on board the Space Shuttle Columbia and launched into space.
In 2012, there are plans for another space shuttle to launch more of his ashes into deep space, along with Mrs Roddenberry's ashes.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Alien Nation: Body and Soul
The secrets behind the combination of Newcomer alien DNA and human DNA may threaten the fragile co-existence of alien and humans on Earth. 1:30:00 minutes
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