RIP Lwaxana

She was Christine Chapel. She was Lwaxana Troi. She was the voice of the computer. Hell, she was Gene Roddenberry's wife! She may not have been as big a star as Leonard Nimoy or William Shatner, but Majel Barrett was nevertheless a constant presence on Star Trek—not to mention the show's biggest proponent through all its iterations, films, and spinoffs since the show launched (pun intended!) in 1966. And this morning I heard the sad news that she died yesterday morning at the age of 76.

She certainly lived long and prospered, and her death is a great loss.