Performer broke through stereotypes for Black women on television in the 1960s and shared 1st interracial kiss on a US show with William Shatner’s Captain Kirk

Known as a wisecracking radio operator, who led a failed protest against the air force, he went on to have a long career writing movies, TV shows and novels

Over 50 years since he first piloted the Starship Enterprise, Jewish-Canadian actor will reportedly take a real-life trip off-planet aboard Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket ship

The Jewish actor has created an AI version of himself through StoryFile, an interactive storytelling app, so that he can speak to future generations