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Posted by: LeopardHead on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 12:29 AM
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As Bill mentioned in his column last week, June 11, 2002 marked the third anniversary of DeForest Kelley's passing.
In light of this, we thought you might be interested in a new book by Kristine M. Smith called DeForest Kelley: A Harvest of Memories, My Life and Times with a Remarkable Gentleman Actor.
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<p align="right"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">June
21, 2002</font>
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<p align="center"><font color="#99CCFF" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">De
and Bill on stage at the 1995 Grand Slam Star
Trek Convention in Pasadena, California. Photo
by Ursula Reist.</font>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF"> As
Bill mentioned in his column last week, June
11, 2002 marked the third anniversary of DeForest
Kelley's passing. </font>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">In
light of this, we thought you might be interested
in a new book by Kristine M. Smith called DeForest
Kelley: A Harvest of Memories, My Life and Times
with a Remarkable Gentleman Actor. The book
is available through 1st
Books Library.</font>
<p align="left"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
1st Books Library website says:</font>
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Author Kristine Smith has been a fan of DeForest
Kelley for three and a half decades. She has
also meandered among his fans at numerous
conventions and at individual and collective
ceremonies honoring him and Star Trek.
She writes: 'I have witnessed first-hand the
enormous love and the respect people have
for De. And I continue to see, almost daily,
how people have remained enchanted with him,
even following his passing in 1999. Millions
of people were immediately and acutely affected
by his unanticipated death. Tens of thousands
of them expressed outright anguish - feelings
akin to losing one’s best friend or a family
member. A single, cursory visit to just one
of numerous DeForest Kelley websites (national
and international) proves the veracity of
this declaration.' </font>
</blockquote>
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<p align="center"><font color="#99CCFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">DeForest
Kelley and Kristine Smith...and feline friend.
Photo by Bill Dow.</font>
<p align="left"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On
the 1st Books website, Kristine goes on to say:
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<p align="left"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">'Categorically
and undeniably, De became - and will endure
as - one of the most-loved and best-remembered
personalities in the world. His Dr. McCoy
is at the heart of Star Trek's mythology,
and Trek is a tenacious mythology which
will last, in all likelihood, until the day
humans forget how to aspire to a higher standard
for themselves and their progeny. De was my
friend, but he was also my hero - one of very
few heroes whose durability was sorely tested,
yet found to be utterly reliable. I wrote
this book to show how deeply De influenced
my life – and to remind you, his fans and
friends, how seamlessly and comfortably he
fit into yours. I undertook this endeavor
for the millions of fans who never had the
pleasure of meeting De ‘up close and personal.’
My sincerest goal for this book is that it
will validate every intuition you ever had
about DeForest Kelley being one of Hollywood’s
‘good guys.’' </font>
</blockquote>
<p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Kristine
was with DeForest during the last few months
of his life and recently told us that she wanted
"to take this opportunity to thank Mr.
Shatner for his visits to De when he was in
the hospital - and to Carolyn after De passed
away. I know how much both De and Carolyn love
'Willie Boy' (De's nickname for Bill). Please
let him know that his visits picked them up
as few others could!" </font>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">
De's wife, Carolyn is still at the Motion Picture
& Television Hospital in Woodland Hills,
California, 10-15 miles from the home she and
DeForest shared for many years. But, Kristine
told us that Carolyn's mood has been "much
cheerier these days." </font>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">If
you would like to send a card or note to Carolyn,
you may send it to her in care of the following
address:</font>
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<div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Carolyn
Kelley</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">c/o
Motion Picture & Television Hospital</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">23388
Mulholland Drive</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Woodland
Hills, CA 91436</font></div>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> If
you'd like to read more about the book, click
here for a link to an article which Kristine
wrote last year entitled "Remembering DeForest
Kelley."</font>
<p align="left"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You
can order DeForest Kelley: A Harvest of Memories,
My Life and Times with a Remarkable Gentleman
Actor at a discount through 1st
Books Library. It's available in both hardcover
and softcover as well as in electronic format.
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<p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Contributed
by Jane Singer and Sandy Moruzzi</font>
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If you missed any of our past articles, you
can view them in the SFI
Archive. </font>
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