Leonard Nimoy was a pop culture treasure

Leonard Nimoy had a prolific life as a creative artist. Long after his role as Spock on the originalStar Trek, he was a fixturein popular culture. The litany of work he produced included two books,five albums and starringas himself in at least two episodes of The Simpsons.

His first book"I Am Not Spock" was published in 1975 and generatedcontroversy when some fans thought Nimoy was being disrespectful to the character that made him famous. In response,Nimoywrote "I Am Spock" in 1995 to clear up the misunderstanding.

He famously performed the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins in 1968 on the album "The Two Side of Leonard Nimoy."

The actor also starred as himself in the epic twelfth episode of the iconic The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail."

He also appeared on the 1997 episode "The Springfield Files" as himself, hostinga show about alien encounters.

Nimoyalso had a cameo on the hit series Big Bang Theory where he voices the action figure of Spock

Take a look atLeonard Nimoy doing anEdTel (now Telus)pager commercial. He was the face of the brand in 1979

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