[MacGyverOnline]

The remains of actor James Doohan, who played the starship Enterprise's chief engineer Scotty on Star Trek, will be blasted into space next month, the company organising the flight said.

The Canadian-born actor who inspired the catchphrase "Beam me up, Scotty" – even though it was never actually uttered on the television show – died two years ago at the age of 85.

Houston-based commercial company Space Services said some of Doohan's remains were packed into a rocket at Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Friday, ahead of the flight scheduled for April 28.

[MacGyverOnline]

I didn't even know he had died

[Macs Lab Rat]

I heard about his death last year. I think it was actually a while after his death, but it was brought to my attention because it was on our local news. Aberdeen proposed to commemorate Doohan by putting a monument of his most famous character in the city. From a comment made by Scotty that he was an old Aberdeen pub-crawler Aberdeen claimed Scotty’s birthplace is Aberdeen.
Linlithgow (near Edinburgh) argued that Scotty’s birthplace is their town. This was based on a reference in one of the Star Trek books that said his mother's house was (will be??) in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. That’s a bit more specific than a reference to pubs in Aberdeen, after all its possible to drink in a different town than where you were born.
Last I heard about it the was some discussions over copyright of the character and I have no idea which place, if any, has managed to claim the status of Scotty’s birth place.

[MacGyverGod]

That's old news. I just didn't know it didn't happen yet.

[MacsChick]

That's so sad. We'll miss you, Scotty!

I wish they had given him a slightly bigger role in Harry's Will, but oh well...he'll be among the stars, where he belongs.