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'Star Trek' Character With Hudson Valley Ties Dies 'Star Trek' Character With Hudson Valley Ties Dies
'Star Trek' Character With Hudson Valley Ties Dies Words of support filled social media after the news of the passing René Auberjonois, a popular actor whose credits include "Star Trek" and "M.A.S.H." Auberjonois, 79, who once lived in the Hudson Valley, died on Sunday, Dec. 8, of metastatic lung cancer, his family announced. Best known for his parts on TV shows "Benson" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," Auberjonois was born in New York City and for a time lived with his family in an artists’ colony in Rockland County. Other residents included actors John Houseman, Helen Hayes and Burgess Meredith. Fellow "Star Trek" actor William Sha…
Beam Me Up: Larchmont Library Celebrates Star Trek's 50th Anniversary Beam Me Up: Larchmont Library Celebrates Star Trek's 50th Anniversary
Beam Me Up: Larchmont Library Celebrates Star Trek's 50th Anniversary Recently, the most profitable and popular science fiction franchise in history celebrated its 50th anniversary. That franchise is "Star Trek."  On Sunday, April 29, at 4 p.m., the Friends of the Larchmont Public Library present Clive Young’s "Beam Me Up: 50 Years of Star Trek," a fast-paced, multimedia program celebrating all things Star Trek. Clive Young explores how creator Gene Roddenberry first envisioned the original TV show as a western in space, and then steadily built a team of legendary actors, brilliant writers and clear-sighted directors who brought the origin…