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Star Trek actor and filmmaker Leonard Nimoy passed away at the age of 83_  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Mar 1, 2015 9:14 PM UTC  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Mar 1, 2015 9:14 PM UTC William Shatner [was unable to attend the Sunday funeral](http://time.com/3727549/leonard-nimoy-dead-william-shatner-funeral/) of his _Star Trek_ castmate [Leonard Nimoy, who died last week](http://time.com/3726337/leonard-nimoy-dead-twitter/), so he paid tribute to his longtime friend by answering Twitter questions about the man behind Mr. Spock. Shatner, who played _Star Trek_’s Captain Kirk, had [tweeted](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/571717935288332288) Saturday that he was unable to attend Nimoy’s funeral due to an agreement to appear at a Red Cross event. “So maybe tomorrow we come together here and celebrate his life,” he [tweeted](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/571719087530766336) shortly after. Here’s a selection of Shatner’s most touching and funny memories of Nimoy: > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/572099358025359360) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/572106481505419265) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/572106054093287425) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/572100562558189568) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/572096805753647104) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/572094333718962177) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/572093277794516992) ### 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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