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Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on the original Star Trek series, has died at age 90.
Koenig joined the NBC series Star Trek in its second season as Russian crewmember Ensign Pavel Andreievich Chekov. With his Beatles-style mop of hair, the boyish Chekov was meant to appeal to younger viewers.
As Chekov, Koenig would appear in the latter two seasons of the original series and then in all six feature films featuring the cast.
With Koenig’s death, only William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and George Takei (Mr. Sulu) remain alive from the original cast.
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