Gallery: How the Internet Is Remembering the Legendary Leonard Nimoy

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    Leonard Nimoy as Dr. Spock on the set of the film *Star Trek: The Motion Picture*, in 1979.
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    Space Adventure Goes On

    Nimoy at left with director Robert Wise, producer Gene Roddenberry, Deforest Kelley and William Shatner, at work on the set of the first *Star Trek* movie, in 1978.
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    NEMOY SHATNER KELLEY DOOHAN

    From left, Nimoy as Spock, Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy and James Doohan as Commander Scott, are shown in this undated photo from the TV series *Star Trek.*
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    William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

    Shatner and Nimoy speak to the media during a 20th birthday party for *Star Trek* in Los Angeles in September, 1986.
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    Nimoy with his family, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985 in Los Angeles.
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    Nimoy gives the "Vulcan salute" with both hands after being awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during Boston University's commencement in 2012.
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    Nimoy in Beverly Hills, Calif. in April 2009.
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    WIRED staff members make the "Vulcan salute" in honor of Leonard Nimoy.
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