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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 ...
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 ...
Oct 16, 2011 · De Kelley’s full name was Jackson DeForest Kelley, born in Toccoa, Georgia, on Janurary 20, 1920, to Clara Casey Kelley and the Reverend Ernest D. Kelley, a Baptist minister. Kelley was named for General Stonewall Jackson of Civil War fame (a great deal of Southern boys were named for Civil War heroes), and for Dr. Lee De Forest, an inventor ...
Remembering DeForest Kelley on what would have been the Dr. McCoy actor's 99th birthday. Born on January 20, 1920 -- 99 years ago today -- DeForest Kelley 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.”.
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 ...
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 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 ...
