Tributes pour in for 'Star Trek' legend Leonard Nimoy

Tributes pour in for 'Star Trek' legend Leonard Nimoy

President Barack Obama joined Leonard Nimoy's co-stars from "Star Trek" to bid adieu to the actor who delighted sci-fi fans worldwide with his iconic turn as the pointy-eared half-human, half-Vulcan Mr Spock in the "Star Trek" television series and films. "Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy," said Obama, who recalled meeting the Boston-born Nimoy with the Vulcan salute in 2007. We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love," said William Shatner, who played the hot-headed Captain James T. Kirk on the ground-breaking "Star Trek," which debuted in the 1960s.