Planet Meow » celebrities and cats http://www.planetmeow.co.uk A website about all things Cat related Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:02:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 For those that like Star Trek AND Cats http://www.planetmeow.co.uk/index.php/for-those-that-like-star-trek-and-cats/ http://www.planetmeow.co.uk/index.php/for-those-that-like-star-trek-and-cats/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 14:23:12 +0000 admin http://www.planetmeow.co.uk/?p=22 OK, it’s probably not the most popular thing to admit but I do like my sci-fi. Anything with aliens and spaceships usually has my attention. NOw, I’m not the uniform wearing, converntion attending trekkie that you  might find with their nose buried into a copy of the Klingon dictionary but I do like to watch the odd episode when it’s on and I have more than a passing knowledge of characters and actors.

Majel Barrett Roddenberry with her husband, Gene RoddenberryHow does this apply to cats I hear you ask. Well, the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who passed away last December, left a substantial sum of money from her will to the various pets she acquired over the latter part of her life and I do like a celebrity related cat story.

Legal papers don’t specify how many pets Majel had but it’s believed there are a mixture of cats and dogs.  

Known as the “First Lady of Star Trek” due to her involvement in all the series since the original in the 60s, Majel also left a not insubstantial amount to her housekeeper in order that they can stay on at the Roddenberry mansion and look after the pets.

Apologies if you’re not interested in Star Trek at all. Guess I’m a sucker for a sweet story about animal welfare.

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