--- description: The great actor's passing was mourned on social media title: Leonard Nimoy Dead: Celebrities William Shatner + Zachary Quinto image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7880d3e28d5e1a8/6987816c35ba6f0707c07524/leonard-nimoy1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How Celebrities Reacted to Leonard Nimoy's Death  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 27, 2015 7:05 PM CUT  Actor Leonard Nimoy, a cast member in the upcoming film "Star Trek", poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on April 26, 2009. Actor Leonard Nimoy, a cast member in the upcoming film "Star Trek", poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on April 26, 2009.Matt Sayles—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 27, 2015 7:05 PM CUT Leonard Nimoy, who earned legend status for playing the original Spock on _Star Trek_, died on Feb. 27\. From hi co-pilot and co-star William Shatner to Zachary Quinto, who inherited his pointy ears in the _Star Trek_ reboots, celebrities took to Twitter to bid farewell. > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/571375716337643521) > [](https://twitter.com/Marina%5FSirtis/status/571369530523398144) > [](https://twitter.com/Alyssa%5FMilano/status/571369425976164352) > [](https://twitter.com/NathanFillion/status/571363694925344768) > [](https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/571364143636226050) > [](https://twitter.com/thejohnnoble/status/571368154963832832) > [](https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/571367761793847297) > [](https://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith/status/571362642545086464) [ ](https://www.instagram.com/p/znV3yHQa5B/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading "undefined") View this post on Instagram [A post shared by Questlove (@questlove)](https://www.instagram.com/p/znV3yHQa5B/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading "undefined") > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/571371183872081920) [ ](https://www.instagram.com/p/znUfWXM5uf/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading "undefined") View this post on Instagram [A post shared by Donald Faison (@donald\_aison)](https://www.instagram.com/p/znUfWXM5uf/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading "undefined") _Read next:_ [_5 Things You Didn’t Know About Leonard Nimoy_](http://time.com/3726361/leonard-nimoy-dead-surprising-facts-spock/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ### See Leonard Nimoy's Long and Prosperous Life in Photos  Leonard Nimoy in The Outer Limits in 1964. ABC/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy with wife Sandra Zober attend an event in Los Angeles,Calif. in 1966. Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy, circa 1968. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in season 3 of Star Trek in 1968. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Paris and Lee Meriwether as Tracey in Mission Impossible in 1969. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in Catlow, 1971. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in The Alpha Caper in 1973 Everett  NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from Star Trek in 1976\. From left: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher; DeForest Kelley, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on the series; George Takei (Mr. Sulu); James Doohan (Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott); Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura); Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock); series creator Gene Roddenberry; an unnamed NASA official; and, Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Chekov). NASA  Leonard Nimoy hosts The Unexplained in 1976. Everett  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984. Paramount/Everett  Leonard Nimoy guest stars in The Big Bang Theory. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars on Fringe Fox  Leonard Nimoy and Luke Wilson, presenters during 5th Annual TV Land Awards - Show at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2007. Chris Polk—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars as Mr. Spock in Star Trek in 2009. 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