7/4/2023 0 Comments Beyond uhuraNichols gained fame as the beautiful, composed, immensely competent Lt. Last year Johnson moved Nichols to New Mexico, citing the need to protect his mother from what he called exploitation by the manager and others. She had been in a years-long conservatorship battle that pitted the son, Kyle Johnson, against a former manager and a close friend. Nichols suffered a stroke at her Woodland Hills home in 2015 and was struggling with dementia. Nichols died of heart failure Saturday night at a hospital in Silver City, N.M., a friend of the family handling media inquiries for Nichols’ son confirmed Sunday to the Los Angeles Times. Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television, has died.
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