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Walter Koenig, best known as Ensign Pavel Chekov on Classic Star Trek has passed away at 90. He also appeared on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Starlost, and Babylon 5 as anti-heroes/baddies!

Trivia: all three of the above appearances by Koenig are linked to Harlan Ellison! Ellison wrote the script & the novel it was based on for “Memis from Purgatory” Ellison created The Starlost, but was unhappy when he lost creative control of the show. Ellison, as creative consultant on Babylon 5 🧵

I love Koening as Bester. Sidebar: I bought the "Ellison" anthology "The Last Dangerous Visions" last year but it really is a Straczynski project and has a long introduction about his relationship with Ellison and the mental deterioration Ellison was going thru and he basically gave Ellison...