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Also Known As Eugene Wesley Roddenberry
Born August 19, 1921 • El Paso • Texas
Died October 24, 1991 (aged 70) • Santa Monica • California

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Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and William Shatner in costume stand with writer Gene Roddenberry and director Robert Wise, who is seated and pointing beside a film camera on the Star Trek: The Motion Picture set.
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