--- title: President Barack Obama Statement on Leonard Nimoy description: President Barack Obama releases a statement on the death of Leonard Nimoy a.k.a. Mr. Spock in which he paid tribute to the 'Star Trek' star canonical: https://time.com/3726809/barack-obama-leonard-nimoy-spock/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-27T20:59:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T14:44:16.000Z og:title: President Barack Obama Statement on Leonard Nimoy og:description: President Barack Obama releases a statement on the death of Leonard Nimoy a.k.a. 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Actor Leonard Nimoy promotes the "Star Trek" 40th Anniversary on the TV Land network at the Four Seasons hotel on Aug. 9, 2006 in Los Angeles.Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Jan 24, 2024 2:44 PM UTCPublished: Feb 27, 2015 8:59 PM UTC The spirit of Spock will live long and prosper. [#RIPLeonardNimoy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPLeonardNimoy?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [#LLAP](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LLAP?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/WyqQgTNDod](http://t.co/WyqQgTNDod) — White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) [February 27, 2015](https://twitter.com/ObamaWhiteHouse/status/571442478324125696?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) President Barack Obama, whose affect has often earned him comparisons to Leonard Nimoy’s Spock, paid tribute to the _Star Trek_ star, who died Friday morning at age 83. --- > “” --- _Read next:_ [_This Is How the New Spock Said Goodbye to the Old Spock_](http://time.com/3726471/leonard-nimoy-dead-zachary-quinto/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ### 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. 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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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