Walter Koenig, Chekov From ‘Star Trek,’ Has Died
As the baby-faced Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise, he was a mainstay of the original television series and seven films. He was 90.
Walter Koenig, the American actor best known for playing Pavel Chekov in the original “Star Trek” television series and films, has died at the age of 90. According to TheWrap, he died Sunday of natural causes at his home in North Hollywood. Deadline reports that his representative confirmed the death, while Zachery McGinnis of Galactic Productions posted the news on Facebook on Monday.
Koenig joined the “Star Trek” cast as the Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise at the start of the series' second season, appearing in 36 episodes. He later reprised the role in the first seven “Star Trek” movies released between 1979 and 1991. NYT Arts described him as the "baby-faced" mainstay of the original series and its films.
Born in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1936, to two Russian Jewish immigrants, Koenig was raised in Manhattan. He attended Grinnell College before transferring to UCLA, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology. He later studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
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