So sad to hear of Leonard Nimoy's death. I was such a staunch Trek fan as a kid that I refused to watch the show that replaced it for years, (missed some prime Laugh-In, but I held out) never got into going to the conventions, though

Had the chance to see him act live - as Sherlock Holmes (and amusingly, Alan Seus as Moriarty) at the Cleveland Playhouse. More fun was meeting him when he came to Cleveland to do his one man show Vincent, where he played Theo VanGogh. He lectured before the show at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where I was then a student. He used back projections of VanGogh's paintings in the show, and part of his lecture to art students was an unforgettable example of why we should always look at the ACTUAL piece of art when we could and not trust Art History class slides. He showed us the very same painting as shown in slides from 3 different sources - and they were like three different color ways of a print. Made me glad I was learning art history in a place with a world class museum. I have a cherished picture I took of him examining slides in the CIA library.

He was an interesting man, and I'm glad I met him.

Joanne in Cleveland