00:01don't move okay make nice give us the ray gun i warn you if you don't lie on the floor
00:07i will have to stun you go ahead stun me i'm very sorry but
00:21must be the radiation
00:25walter koenig who starred in star trek as pavel checkoff has died at 90 years old
00:30a rep for the late actor announced his death revealing he passed of old age at his home in
00:36north hollywood over the weekend his rep went on to remember the actor's kindness to star trek fans
00:41telling tmz walter shared his kindness wit and appreciation with everyone fortunate enough to
00:46meet him he understood what star trek meant to people and embraced the community that grew
00:50around it he went on to say thank you walter for the memories the inspiration and for boldly going
00:56where few have gone before koenig had an interesting journey to his acting career he originally was a
01:02pre-med major before transferring to ucla where he was encouraged by a professor to try acting
01:07he broke out with a role on star trek at the beginning of season two and went on to reprise
01:12the role in seven original franchise films koenig also received a star on the hollywood walk of fame
01:18in 2012 where several of his star trek co-stars including george takei showed up to celebrate
01:24him koenig was married to actress judy levitt for 57 years until her death in 2022 the couple had two
01:31children together danielle and andrew koenig andrew was an actor on the popular 80s sitcom growing pains
01:36but tragically in addition to his wife's passing koenig was pre-deceased by his only son
01:41who died by suicide in 2010
