Groundbreaking TV actress Nichelle Nichols, who famously portrayed Lt. Nyota Uhura on the unique “Star Trek” collection, has died at 89.
Her household introduced Sunday on Nichols’ Fb web page that she died from pure causes.
“Final night time, my mom, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to pure causes and handed away. Her mild nonetheless, like the traditional galaxies now being seen for the primary time, will stay for us and future generations to take pleasure in, study from, and draw inspiration,” her son Kyle Johnson wrote.
“Hers was a life properly lived and as such a mannequin for us all.
“I, and the remainder of our household, would admire your endurance and forbearance as we grieve her loss till we are able to recuperate sufficiently to talk additional. Her companies might be for relations and the closest of her pals and we request that her and our privateness be revered.”
