Muere el actor de ‘Star Trek’ Mickey Cottrell

muere el actor de ‘star trek’ mickey cottrell

El actor, junto con parte del reparto de ‘Star Trek’. (Cortesía Paramount )

El mundo del espectáculo vuelve a estar de luto, y también los millones de fans de ‘Star Trek’. El actor y productor Mickey Cottrell ha fallecido a los 79 años después de una larga lucha contra la enfermedad de Parkinson, como confirmaba su hermana, Suzy Cottrell-Smith, a diversos medios estadounidenses, entre ellos, ‘Deadline’ y ‘Variety’.

“Mi hermano adorable, divertido, crítico, entusiasta, particular, brillante y cariñoso pasó a la otra vida a primera hora del día de año nuevo”, publicaba su hermana en Facebook. “Cuando murió, estaba sonriendo. Muchos le vamos a echar de menos”, añadía.

Según informa ‘Deadline’, el actor falleció en el Motion Picture & Television Fund, en Woodland Hills, California, una organización benéfica que da apoyo a personas del mundo del espectáculo y las ayuda “a vivir y envejecer bien, con dignidad y un propósito”, según explica la entidad en su página web. Así, cuenta, entre otros muchos servicios, con una residencia para mayores del mundo del cine y la televisión, donde ha fallecido el actor, y asistencia médica. El actor ingresó en este centro en 2019 tras sufrir un derrame cerebral en 2016 por el que tuvo que irse a vivir a casa de su hermana.

Desde su debut en la gran pantalla en 1991, Mickey Cottrell, que creció y fue a la universidad en Arkansas, dedicó más de cuatro décadas de su vida al cine y la televisión, y además de participar en ‘Star Trek’ en la década de los 90 también apareció en la gran pantalla, en películas como ‘Ed Wood’ o ‘Hellraiser’. Su último papel en el cine fue en 2012, en la cinta ‘I do’.

Cottrell amaba la vida en Hollywood, que en una entrevista con Jeffrey Schwarz calificó de “mágica, emocionante, alegre y difícil”. “Hollywood es un lugar al que entras bajo tu propia responsabilidad”, aseguraba.

Además de al cine y la televisión, Cottrell dedicó buena parte de su vida a la publicidad y las relaciones públicas, sector en el que era también muy querido. Su familia, sus dos hermanas Suzy y Gigi, así como su sobrino y su sobrino nieto, están muy afectados por su pérdida, aunque han querido destacar que el actor ha fallecido en paz y con una sonrisa en los labios.

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