William Shatner Can't Make it to Leonard Nimoy's Funeral, Celebrates His Life With Fans on Twitter
William Shatner is understandably still grieving the loss of his good friend and former Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy.
But because the 83-year-old actor had a prior charity commitment and can’t attend the funeral, he’s received some backlash, particularly in the form of a New York Daily News front page story.
William took to Twitter to clarify why he couldn’t go, and take the time to remember his late friend.
“I am currently in FL as I agreed to appear at the Red Cross Ball tonight. Leonard‘s funeral is tomorrow. I can’t make it back in time,” William tweeted. “I feel really awful. Here I am doing charity work and one of my dearest friends is being buried.”
He added, “So maybe tomorrow we come together here and celebrate his life. So let’s spend some time tomorrow celebrating Leonard’s life and remembering the man. Until tomorrow! #LLAP”
Leonard and I seemed to be bound by fate to be friends. We were born 4 days apart. #LeonardNimoy
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
Click inside to read more of William Shatner‘s touching tweets…
He was tall, lanky and sometimes a bit too serious. #LeonardNimoy
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
We worked together previous to Star Trek, first impressions: nice guy, a real professional, took the job/role seriously. #LeonardNimoy
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
He took the role of Spock very seriously and I would try and get him to crack a smile while in his persona. It was hard to do. #LeonardNimoy
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
“@pasutcliffe: What life lessons did you learn from each other? #LeonardNimoy” I learned to be more serious I think he learned to be less.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
“@AZGrobie: Is it true he disliked being called Len & other nicknames? #LeonardNimoy” I called him Lenny in private he never said anything,
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
“@jeanyreeny: @WilliamShatner #LeonardNimoy What kind of a dad was he?” The best. He was also an amazing uncle to my daughters.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
I do want to thank everyone for coming here and sharing their memories and celebrating the life of #LeonardNimoy LLAP! MBB
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015