Celebrating Boston-born Legend Leonard Nimoy

US actor, producer and director Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock from the TV series 'Star Trek'. (Photo by Bertil Unger/Getty Images)

1971: US actor, producer and director Leonard Nimoy and his wife Sandy. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

circa 1975: US actress Brooke Adams, US actor Leonard Nimoy (left) and Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, stars of the 1970's remake of the 1950's film 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

US actor Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock from the film 'Star Trek - The Motion Picture', 1979. (Photo by Bertil Unger/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

371862 03: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the television series, "Star Trek."

Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the television series, "Star Trek."

11/4/97 Westwood, CA. Leonard Nimoy at Borders Bookstore for the signing of "The Lost World (A Multi-Voice Dramatization from Alien Voices).

2/19/98 Beverly Hills, CA. Leonard Nimoy and wife at the 1998 American Film Institute Life Achievement Award Salute to Robert Wise.

402385 02: (L-R) Actors Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner appear at a public signing of the recently released DVD/VHS of "Mind Meld: Secrets behind the voyage of a Lifetime" March 17, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA. The DVD/VHS examines the impact of the Star Trek experience on the actors involved and on popular culture in the United States. (Photo by J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images)

402385 03: (L-R) Actors Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner appear at a public signing of the recently released DVD/VHS of "Mind Meld: Secrets behind the voyage of a Lifetime" March 17, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA. The DVD/VHS examines the impact of the Star Trek experience on the actors involved and on popular culture in the United States. (Photo by J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Actor Leonard Nimoy presents his photography exhibition and his book "Shekhina" at the Skirball Cultural Center on September 25,2002 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 8: Actor Leonard Nimoy poses with his new book during a booksigning of his first photography collection, "Shekhina," on October 8, 2002 at Book Soup in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 2: (L to R) Actors Nichelle Nichols, William Shatner, James Doohan and Leonard Nimoy pose during the TV Land Awards 2003 at the Hollywood Palladium on March 2, 2003 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 2: (L to R) Actors James Doohan, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy accept their Pop Culture Award for "Star Trek" during the TV Land Awards 2003 at the Hollywood Palladium on March 2, 2003 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 7: Actor Leonard Nimoy speaks on stage as he presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson at The 2003 International Photographer Awards held on December 7, 2003 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu/Getty Images)

BEL AIR, CA - SEPTEMBER 27: Actor Leonard Nimoy and wife Susan Nimoy pose with Julia Sorkin president of P.S Arts at the 7th Annual Express Yourself chairty event in celebration of the new partnership between P.S Arts and Americans for the Arts on September 27, 2004 in Bel Air, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Actor Leonard Nimoy prepares to go on stage backstage during the 7th Annual Costume Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel February 19, 2005 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images for Costume Designer Guild)

SANTA MONICA, CA - MARCH 13: Actors William Shatner (L) and Leonard Nimoy present the award for "King of Zing / Queen of Quip" on stage at the 2005 TV Land Awards at Barker Hangar on March 13, 2005 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 9: Actors Leonard Nimoy (L) and William Shatner (R) promote the "Star Trek" 40th Anniversary on the TV Land network at the Four Seasons hotel August 9, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Episodes of the show will air September 8. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 9: Actor Leonard Nimoy promotes the "Star Trek" 40th Anniversary on the TV Land network at the Four Seasons hotel August 9, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Episodes of the show will air September 8. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - JUNE 10: Leonard Nimoy attends the Licensing International Expo at Javits Center June 10, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Donald Bowers/Getty Images for CBS Consumer Products)

HOLLYWOOD - APRIL 30: Actor Leonard Nimoy arrives on the red carpet of the Los Angeles premiere of "Star Trek" at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on April 30, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: (L-R) Actors Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols and George Takei attend Koenig being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 10, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)