Star Trek’s Scotty, James Doohan, dies at 85

STAR TREK fans the world over bade a fond farewell to James Doohan, better known as Scotty, who passed the final frontier at age 85 yesterday.

Doohan died at 5.30am (2.30pm Irish time) at his Redmond, Washington, home with his wife Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease, he said.

Canadian-born Doohan was a busy character actor when he auditioned as an engineer in the original Star Trek TV series in 1966.