Feel All the Things With These Touching Leonard Nimoy Tributes

The world lost a great man Friday with the passing of Leonard Nimoy. The news was followed, fittingly, with a lot of tributes and remembrances of Nimoy’s life and accomplishments. Here are a few of them, starting with the one above: American astronaut Terry Virts’ use of the Vulcan salute in space. President Obama also reacted yesterday, first tweeting this:

And then saying this in a statement:

Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. And of course, Leonard was Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trek’s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity’s future.

I loved Spock.

In 2007, I had the chance to meet Leonard in person. It was only logical to greet him with the Vulcan salute, the universal sign for ‘Live long and prosper.’ And after 83 years on this planet – and on his visits to many others – it’s clear Leonard Nimoy did just that. Michelle and I join his family, friends and countless fans who miss him so dearly today.

And William Shatner posted this remembrance of his co-star on Facebook:

With Geoge Takei posting this:

Now also seems like a fitting time to remember Nimoy’s 2007 photo series The Full Body Project, which is all kinds of beautiful (this last image is NSFW):

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