--- 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. 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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