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He wrote one of the absolute worst sci-fi books in history.

Loved him in ST; loved to hate him in Babylon 5 (my favorite sci fi series).

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A good character on Star Trek. R.I.P. 😢😢😢🥀🥀

And as someone who had recently read The Demolished Man I felt so clever getting the reference of his name.

One of the friendliest actors I met at con!

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I did not know this. I knew he wrote for TV, but not this.

I'm sorry to hear that

Ah shit

Imagine the fortitude to play a Russian character on TV in the USA in the 60s as a German where the Soviets had half your country under iron lock & key and the Cold War was in full swing.

Damn. I feel bad. I thought he had died some years ago. He was great in Babylon 5. RIP Chekov.

I am so sad to hear this. 😞

Few actors ever get a role as defining and memorable as Chekov. Fewer still escape typecasting to to portray someone like Bester, leaving just as indelible a mark, but with the opportunity to show such incredible range. He will be missed.

I can't share this news with my friend Kenny, an OG OST, until the antidepressants kick in.

Where's the sad button for this sad panda? 😢

That was back in August. It's been kinda quiet since then

Losing Mr Chekov and Mr Bester on the same day is just too sad. RIP Mr Koenig

"The nuclear wessels" man, that's so sad. I'll raise a drink, maybe three.

Very sad, he seemed like a sweetheart.

My favorite character. Nice man

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I met him at two Cons. The first one, in Pasadena, I asked him to sign my copy of the VHS "Moon Trap". He looked at it, then me and said, "You LIKED this shit?" Years later I saw him at another and to my surprise he saw me and said, "Well if It's not my only Moon Trap fan, back again."

I had the pleasure of interviewing him at a con in Omaha for my high school paper, I think it was 1983. Such a charming man.

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RIP.

The "comes in threes" rule, doesn't HAVE to all be entertainment types, right? RIGHT???

Seriously one of the scariest villains ever--seemed all polite and jovial but you knew he knew EVERYTHING and would do whatever was necessary to get what he was after. Terrifying.

Huge loss for the world. Great person for sure

I had the honor of seeing and getting his autograph at a SF convention in Santa Cruz, back in 1977. Today’s news brought back nice memories of that convention and meeting Walter and the author Allan Dean Foster.

If there is a god, I hope he is up there finding the nuclear wessels.

Well, shit 😞

I had the chance to meet him at a couple of conventions he was very nice.

He was a good one. Even just his work in Babylon 5 is outstanding. Be seeing you, Bester...

Only two left--Shatner and Takei, and George is looking rocky and uses a wheelchair these days. Shatner's 95, going strong and is apparently immortal, it's crazy.

RIP dear Chekov 💜☮️🛸

So sad 😭 RIP dear Chekhov 🛸

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My condolences to his family and friends.

R.I.P. Like the Apollo astronauts, the original cast of Star Trek seemed to live significantly longer than average.

Most of that cast seem to be/were really good people.

Star Trek 4, the one with the whales, was on the other day so I watched it/had it on in the background while i was doing some housework. Glad Bones saved him from the primitive medicine of the 20th Century!

"Wessels."