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Jan 19, 2011 · Remembering DeForest Kelley. DeForest Kelley – born on January 20, 1920 -- was that rarest of Hollywood rarities, a true gentleman, an old-school Southern fella who hailed from Georgia. He always insisted that anyone who met him call him “De.”. He treated everyone – lifelong friends and newbie Star Trek fans excited just to be in his ...
Kelley was born in Toccoa, Georgia, the son of Clora and Ernest David Kelley, who was a Baptist minister. DeForest was named after the pioneering electronics engineer Lee De Forest. Kelley was delivered in their home by his uncle, a prominent local physician. He grew up in the Atlanta area and was a 1938 graduate of Decatur Boys High in Decatur ...
Jackson DeForest Kelley ( 20 January 1920 – 11 June 1999; age 79) was famous for his role as Leonard "Bones" McCoy, MD, on Star Trek: The Original Series. He went on to voice the character on Star Trek: The Animated Series and to play the character in the first six Star Trek movies. He also appeared as an aged Admiral McCoy in the Star Trek ...
Feb 25, 2016 · Kelley died in 1999 and is best remembered as the sometimes crusty but always compassionate Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy on the iconic 60’s TV series and subsequent six films. As a “Star Trek ...
Jun 11, 2013 · Smith first befriended DeForest Kelley while she was in high school and, decades later, she became the personal assistant to Kelley and his wife, Carolyn. Finally, when both Kelleys fell ill, Carolyn with a broken leg that never healed and DeForest with the cancer that would ultimately claim his life in 1999, Smith was on hand as their caregiver.
Jun 12, 1999 · DeForest Kelley, the crotchety country doctor who healed countless human and nonhuman patients as Dr. Leonard McCoy on the science fiction series ''Star Trek,'' died yesterday at the Motion ...
Jun 11, 2015 · Celebrating DeForest Kelley's Life. It's a sad but unavoidable reality: with the passage of time we're losing many of our most-beloved Star Trek: The Original Series regulars and guest stars, as well as important behind-the-scenes figures. Just in the past few months we've bid farewell to Leonard Nimo y, Grace Lee Whitney, Venita Wolf, Harve ...
