Hat Tip TDA reader Screedler who suggested this after the post Famous Al-Anon’er: William Shatner
William Shatner’s wife, Nerine, died in 1999 after passing out and drowning from a mixture of alcohol and valium. Shatner came home to find her at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool. It was the sad end to a decade of struggle that he had willingly entered into after marrying a known alcoholic who he hoped "would give up alcohol for me."
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“Captain, that’s not logical.” Dr. Spock said it often to Captain Kirk, but Leonard Nimoy also said something similar to William Shatner before his wedding.
He said just one sentence, 'Bill, you do know that Nerine is an alcoholic.' I'm not sure what Leonard expected me to say. 'I know she is,' I told him. 'But I love her.' Leonard didn't speak for a minute and then he said, sadly, 'Well, Bill, then you are in for a rough ride'."~ The Age
Nimoy was not channeling his Vulcan character, as a recovering alcoholic he knew first hand the potential pain Shatner could face. Nine years later Shatner came home to find his floating face down in the pool, dead from an overdose of alcohol and valium.
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