STAR TREK’s Chekov, Walter Koenig, Passes Away at Age 90
Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov on two seasons of the original Star Trek and in seven films, has died at 90. THR reports he died peacefully of natural causes at his North Hollywood home. Roddenberry wanted a Russian crewman to show that the Cold War would be long behind us, and the producers also wanted someone who could appeal to teenage girls: Koenig resembled Monkees frontman Davy Jones and was even given a wig. He wrote an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series (“The Infinite Vulcan”), played Alfred Bester on Babylon 5, and wrote for Land of the Lost and The Incredible Hulk. He had a big role in Wrath of Khan, and his last Trek appearance was a voice cameo as Anton Chekov in Picard season three, a tribute to the late Anton Yelchin. Only William Shatner and George Takei remain of the original series’ main cast, and Takei posted a tribute to his friend.
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