Dammit

Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr Spock in the original Star Trek series, has died.

This scene killed me as a kid

How strange it is to mourn the passing of an actor because of the character he developed. But how much less strange it is when the character meant a lot to you as a child. Nimoy himself struggled with his strong association with Spock, but he eventually recognised that he became a true icon of pop culture. It’s a sad, and yet inevitable, day.