Star Trek legend William Shatner, 91 Says He Doesn’t “Have Long to Live”

Star Trek legend William Shatner has said he doesn’t “have long to live”. The star most closely associated with the Star Trek franchise reflected candidly on his mortality, admitting that he doesn’t have “long to live” and that his “time is limited”.

The 91-year-old recently finished his new documentary You Can Call Me Bill, described as “an intimate portrait of William Shatner’s personal journey over nine decades on this Earth”.

While plans for a wider release have yet to be finalized, the film will premiere at this year’s SXSW festival.

“I’ve turned down a lot of offers to do documentaries before,” Shatner said of his decision to make the film. But I don’t have much time.”

“Whether I keel over as I’m speaking to you or 10 years from now, my time is limited, so that’s very much a factor,” he continued. I have grandchildren. This documentary is a way for me to communicate after I’m gone.

“The sad thing is that as people age, they become wiser, and then they die with all that knowledge.”

When asked about his decision to attend a fundraiser rather than Leonard Nimoy’s funeral in 2015, Shatner reiterated what he said: “People ask about a legacy. There is no heirloom. Statues are being demolished. Graveyards are being looted. “Headstones fall,” he says before adding, “but good deeds live on.”

“If you do a good deed, it reverberates to the end of time. It’s called the butterfly effect. That’s why I made this film,” he explained.

William Shatner became the oldest person to enter space in 2021.

Shatner flew on a Blue Origin rocket built by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also on board. The journey took about ten minutes.

“You look down, there’s the blue down there and the black up there – and there’s just Mother Earth. “This is life, and that’s death, and you know that in an instant,” Shatner said after landing.

He has had a long career in film and television, with his most famous role being Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, which debuted in 1966.

He has also appeared in hit shows such as The Practice, Boston Legal, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. He received two Emmy Awards for his role as attorney Denny Crane in the legal shows.

He’s also had a musical career, covering other artists’ hits. David Bowie and his band were the ones who showed him the ‘future of music.’

With over 70 years in front of the camera, he still has a few projects.

He also voiced a character in the animated film Fireheart last year, and in 2021 he played the lead role in the film Senior Moment, in which he played a former NASA astronaut who loses his license for drag racing a vintage car.

William Shatner Born in Montreal Canada

William Shatner (born March 22, 1931, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actor whose prolific output and self-deprecating sense of humor earned him a place in the pantheon of North American pop culture.

Shatner grew up in Montreal. His father worked in the menswear industry, and his mother taught elocution. He showed an early interest in acting, enrolling at eight in a children’s acting school and later appearing in radio productions for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Montreal Children’s Theatre.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture, a film based on the franchise, was released in 1979. Its success spawned sequels such as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), and Star Trek: Generations (1993). (1994).

Shatner’s later filmography includes the comedies Miss Congeniality (2000), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2006). (2005).

Shatner continued to work in television between film roles, starring in the police drama T.J. Hooker (1982-86) and hosting the crime show Rescue 911 (1989-96), which featured reenactments of actual crimes and other emergencies.

Shatner won an Emmy Award for outstanding guest actor in a drama series in 2004 for his role as lawyer Denny Crane on David E. Kelley’s legal procedural The Practice.

The character was popular enough that a spin-off series, Boston Legal (2004-08), centered on his relationship with a younger lawyer.

In 2005, Shatner won Golden Globe and Emmy awards for performing as the best supporting actor in a drama. He later appeared in the sitcom $#*! My Dad Says (2010–11). Later TV appearances included the travelogue series Better Late Than Never (2016-18), where he traveled the world with other celebrities.