Captain, She canna take no more of this....

[lensman]

James Doohan, The Canadian-born actor who affected a brogue as embattled U.S.S. Enterprise engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original 1966-69 TV series and on the big screen in seven adventures died Wednesday at his home in Washington state. He was 85, and had been most recently battling pneumonia.

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• CNN
  
• Planet XPo, mirrored due to /. effect
  
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