Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of late "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, who had been in every segment of the series and movies, has died of leukemia at the age of 76. She had been diagnosed with the disease six months ago.
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry appeared as Nurse Chapel in Star Trek, was Deanna Troi's mother Lwaxana (pictured) in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and was the voice of the computer in the all the series, including Star Trek: Voyager. She also reprised the computer's voice in two episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise (nee Enterprise), and recently completed voice work for the upcoming Star Trek motion picture. She also did voiceover work for Star Trek: The Animated Series.
While she had other acting credits, including Leave It to Beaver and Bonanza, all that was dwarfed by her Star Trek work.
She married Gene Roddenberry, who passed away in 1991, in 1969. They had one child, Eugene Wesley "Rod" Roddenberry, Jr.
The family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in her name to the CARE Organization or Precious Paws.
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