I'm surprised I haven't seen someone with a geekswithblogs account mention this. It appears that Scotty from Star Trek has passed away. I'm actually not a Star Trek fan at all although I did see some of the first movies and occasionally would watch an episode here and there. What really surprised me was that “Scotty” lives right next to me. I live in Sammamish and work in Redmond and he lives in Redmond. Small world.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/20/news_6129473.html