Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols has died

Actress Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role as Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, has died. Nichols' son Kyle Johnson shared the news on Sunday. "I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years," he wrote on Instagram. "Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all." Nichols was 89 when she passed away on Saturday, July 30th of natural causes. To say Nichols was a trailblazer would be an understatement. ...