Star Trek Actor Kenneth Mitchell Lifeless at 49

Mitchell was identified with ALS, a neurological ailment that causes muscle mass weak spot and paralysis, in 2018 and had made use of a wheelchair considering the fact that 2019.

“For five and a 50 % years, Ken confronted a sequence of terrible issues from ALS,” his obituary mentioned. “And in truest Ken vogue, he managed to increase higher than every single one particular with grace and commitment to dwelling a whole and joyous lifetime in each and every minute. He lived by the principles that just about every day is a reward and that we under no circumstances stroll on your own. His everyday living is a shining example of how comprehensive just one can be when you live with adore, compassion, humor, inclusion and community. Ken was an inspirational operate of art to all the hearts he touched.”

Between all those had been his good friends and colleagues.

“Rest in peace, Ken. Was just wondering of you,” Ethan Peck, who plays Spock on Star Trek: Discovery, commented on the obituary, using an emoji of the Vulcans’ “Live Long and Prosper” hand gesture.

And Jonathan Frakes, who directed numerous episodes in the collection and performed William Riker on Star Trek: The Subsequent Generation, wrote, “Just one of the greatest RIP.”