Nichelle Nichols Dead Uhura In The Original Star Trek Series Was 89
Nichols’ death was confirmed by Gilbert Bell, her talent manager and partner of 15 years. Nichols shared one of the first interracial kisses in television history on “Star Trek.” At the time, with her co-star William Shatner, it was a bold move by her, “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and NBC considering the climate at the time, but the episode “Plato’s Stepchildren,” aired in 1968, it was written to give the input of everyone involved: Uhura and Captain Kirk did not choose to kiss, but instead were forced to do so involuntarily by aliens with the ability to control the movements of humans....