Leonard Nimoy: Biography\r<br>1931 Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrants Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy\r<br>\r<br>1951 Bit-part Hollywood debut in Queen for a Day\r<br>\r<br>1954 Marries Sandra Zober. Two children, Julie and and Adam, follow.\r<br>\r<br>1966 Cast as Spock in Star Trek, which turns Nimoy into a star\r<br>\r<br>1969 Joins cast of Mission: Impossible and plays The Great Paris for two years\r<br>\r<br>1979 Reprises role as Spock in the first big-screen version of Star Trek\r<br>\r<br>1987 Directs the hugely successful comedy Three Men and a Baby\r<br>\r<br>1989 Stars in Star Trek V and then Star Trek VI in 1991\r<br>\r<br>2009 Comes out of retirement to play Spock in new Star Trek films directed by JJ Abrams\r<br>\r<br>2014 Reveals diagnosis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a progressive lung condition\r<br>\r<br>2015 Passes away in Los Angeles\r<br>\r<br>leonard nimoy death\r<br>leonard nimoy quotes\r<br>leonard nimoy simpsons\r<br>leonard nimoy photography\r<br>leonard nimoy dead\r<br>leonard nimoy cause of death\r<br>leonard nimoy dies\r<br>leonard nimoy fringe\r<br>leonard nimoy star trek\r<br>leonard nimoy big bang theory