STAR Trek actress Nichelle Nichols passed away Saturday at the age of 89.
Her son, Kyle Johnson, shared the tragic news in a statement on the actress’s social media pages.
“I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years,” he wrote.
He then revealed that his mother “succumbed to natural causes.”
Nichols was most well known for her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series.
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