Designer Of 'Star Trek' Enterprise Ship Dies
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Designer Of 'Star Trek' Enterprise Ship Dies
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Jefferies Was 82
POSTED: 12:23 p.m. EDT July 24, 2003
The art director who designed the original USS Enterprise starship for Gene Roddenberry's first "Star Trek" television series in the 1960s has died.
Walter "Matt" Jefferies died Monday. He was 82.
According to the official "Star Trek" Web site, the cause of death was not known. He was, however, battling cancer and was recently given an "all clear" by his doctors, the site reported.
The site said Jefferies was a pilot who was obsessed with flying. "Matt was a pilot who loved nothing more than the freedom that flight afforded oneself."
Herman Zimmerman, the production designer for the latest spinoff series, "Enterprise," told the site, "Matt was a gentle soul. He has put his stamp on everything we have done since his brilliant, classic Enterprise."
The cast and crew of the original "Trek" series dubbed the crawlspaces used to get around the ship "Jefferies tubes" in tribute to the designer, a name that has stuck through all subsequent series.
Jefferies was also a production designer on the television shows "Dallas" and "Love, American Style," and an art director on "Little House on the Prairie."
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Jefferies Was 82
POSTED: 12:23 p.m. EDT July 24, 2003
The art director who designed the original USS Enterprise starship for Gene Roddenberry's first "Star Trek" television series in the 1960s has died.
Walter "Matt" Jefferies died Monday. He was 82.
According to the official "Star Trek" Web site, the cause of death was not known. He was, however, battling cancer and was recently given an "all clear" by his doctors, the site reported.
The site said Jefferies was a pilot who was obsessed with flying. "Matt was a pilot who loved nothing more than the freedom that flight afforded oneself."
Herman Zimmerman, the production designer for the latest spinoff series, "Enterprise," told the site, "Matt was a gentle soul. He has put his stamp on everything we have done since his brilliant, classic Enterprise."
The cast and crew of the original "Trek" series dubbed the crawlspaces used to get around the ship "Jefferies tubes" in tribute to the designer, a name that has stuck through all subsequent series.
Jefferies was also a production designer on the television shows "Dallas" and "Love, American Style," and an art director on "Little House on the Prairie."
Chris
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not a trek geek, and I never knew where Jeffreis tube came from.
Learn something every day. Sad day for trek fans though.
Learn something every day. Sad day for trek fans though.
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I love the old designs for the original Trek. Imagine if those designs could have been given the freedom of today's technology (well, look at the DS9 flashback episode for an example of the coolness.)
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Originally posted by das Monkey
Sorry to see this. I was similarly saddened when William Ware Theiss, who designed such great uniforms and costumes on a meager budget, died a few years ago.
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And when Berman and Braga heard the news, they looked at each other and asked "Who?"
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Originally posted by Buck Turgidson
Sorry to see this. I was similarly saddened when William Ware Theiss, who designed such great uniforms and costumes on a meager budget, died a few years ago.
Sorry to see this. I was similarly saddened when William Ware Theiss, who designed such great uniforms and costumes on a meager budget, died a few years ago.
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Originally posted by Breakfast with Girls
Fun fact: I'm related to him on my mother's side.
Fun fact: I'm related to him on my mother's side.
He also designed the initial Next Generation uniforms. They had to alter the unitard nature of them, but the color scheme and rank insignia were both wonderful.