{"id":1864,"date":"2026-10-27T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:11:30","slug":"star-trek-actor-walter-koenig-dead-at-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=1864","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek\u2019 actor Walter Koenig dead at 90"},"content":{"rendered":"

Original \u201cStar Trek\u201d cast member Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, died at age 90 over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The actor passed away at his North Hollywood, California, home on Sunday, his agency shared via a Facebook<\/a> post Monday.<\/p>\n

The agency confirmed that the actor died of old age and was with his daughter, Danielle, and niece when he passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWalter\u2019s legacy extends far beyond the screen,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThrough countless convention appearances and interactions with fans, he shared his kindness, wit, and appreciation with everyone fortunate enough to meet him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cStar Trek\u201d actor Walter Koenig (seen here in 2018) has died.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The actor, known for his role in \u201cStar Trek,\u201d passed away at his North Hollywood, California, home. (Seen here: The actor in \u201cStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.\u201d)\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Original \u201cStar Trek\u201d cast member Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, died at age 90 over the weekend. The actor passed away at his North Hollywood, California, home on Sunday, his agency shared via a Facebook post Monday. The agency confirmed that the actor died of old age and was with his daughter, Danielle,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1866,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}