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Leonard Nimoy demonstrating the Vulcan salutation at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention in 2011. The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture popularized by the 1960s television series Star Trek. It consists of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, while the fingers are parted between the middle and ring finger.
Leonard Simon Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931, in an Irish [19] section of the West End [20] [21] of Boston, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine. [22] [23] [24] His parents left Iziaslav separately, his father first walking over the border into Poland while his mother and grandmother were smuggled out of the Soviet Union in a horse-drawn wagon by hiding under bales of hay.
Nimoy was retained, and continued to develop the character through the season, creating the iconic Vulcan salute. Following the cancellation of the series, various projects were undertaken during the 1970s to re-launch Star Trek. Nimoy had dropped out of working on them after his likeness was used in a Heineken advertisement without his permission.
In a selfie, Bialik showed herself wearing the silver pendant, which depicts a hand in the shape of the classic Vulcan salute made famous by Nimoy's character, Spock, on the iconic sci-fi series.
The most notable Vulcan character is Spock, first played by actor Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969). Some aspects of this fictional alien race that have entered popular culture are their pointy ears, the Vulcan salute, the Vulcan nerve pinch, and their adherence to logical thinking and disdain for emotion.
Leonard Nimoy, the much-beloved "Star Trek" star, passed away on Friday at his Bel Air residence in Los Angeles. He was 83. Nimoy's wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed the news to the New York Times ...
Nimoy debuted as the Vulcan first officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise in Star Trek, which ran for three seasons, from 1966 to 1969.He would later reprise the character in Star Trek: The Animated ...
Leonard Nimoy first used his signature Vulcan salute in this episode. [25] The chart-topping British pop band T'Pau took their name from the Vulcan matriarch who presides over events on the planet. [26] The Omegaverse genre of speculative erotic fiction is noted as having been influenced by the episode. [27]