{"id":284729,"date":"2019-12-08T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T23:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1100667"},"modified":"2019-12-08T16:45:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T23:45:08","slug":"star-trek-and-benson-actor-rene-auberjonois-passes-away-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/star-trek-and-benson-actor-rene-auberjonois-passes-away-at-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek and Benson Actor Ren\u00e9 Auberjonois Passes Away at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hollywood has lost a beloved star.<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9 Auberjonois<\/strong>, who was best known for his roles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em>, Benson<\/em>, Boston Legal<\/em>, M.A.S.H<\/em> and many other projects, has passed away. The acclaimed actor was 79-years-old.<\/p>\n

According to ABC<\/em><\/a>, the late actor’s son, R\u00e8my-Luc Auberjonois<\/strong>, told the Associated Press that his father passed away on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, Calif. due to metastatic lung cancer.<\/p>\n

“(Minions say: We’re sad to confirm that Ren\u00e9 passed away today, Sunday, December 8),” a statement read on the late actor’s Twitter account<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The beloved star quickly received an overwhelming amount of love from his famous friends and co-stars.<\/p>\n

“I have just heard about the death of my friend and fellow actor @reneauberjonois,” William Shatner<\/a><\/strong> began his caption<\/a>. “To sum up his life in a tweet is nearly impossible. To Judith, Tessa & Remy I send you my love & strength. I will keep you in my thoughts and remember a wonderful friendship with Ren\u00e9.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em> star, Armin Shimerman<\/strong>, also sent his condolences on Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“It is with great heartache and loss I share with you the passing of dear,dear Rene Auberjonois,” he shared. “His last message to me was entitled “Don’t forget…” I know that I,Kitty,and all that knew him will never forget.The world seems noticeably emptier now. I loved him.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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I have just heard about the death of my friend and fellow actor @reneauberjonois<\/a>. To sum up his life in a tweet is nearly impossible. To Judith, Tessa & Remy I send you my love & strength. I will keep you in my thoughts and remember a wonderful friendship with Ren\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Edward James Olmos<\/strong> also paid tribute to the late star.<\/p>\n

“Rene Auberjonois a true gentleman & passionate artist passed onto the next understanding & we will miss him so much,” Olmos wrote<\/a>. “I was honored to have worked with him on Windows On The World, his second to last film. He delivered an amazing rendition of NY NY – a brilliant artist.”<\/p>\n

Moreover, George Takei<\/strong> also tweeted<\/a> about his friend’s passing.<\/p>\n

“This is a terrible loss. Star Trek fans knew him as Odo from Deep Space Nine. We knew him as Ren\u00e9,” Takei shared. “He was a wonderful, caring, and intelligent man. He shall be missed. When I look out to the stars, I shall think of you, friend.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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This is a terrible loss. Star Trek fans knew him as Odo from Deep Space Nine. We knew him as Ren\u00e9. He was a wonderful, caring, and intelligent man. He shall be missed. When I look out to the stars, I shall think of you, friend. https:\/\/t.co\/IE2gtivRcg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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As mentioned before, Auberjonois was best known for his role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em> in which he played the character Odo, who was a shape-shifter \/ Changeling. His character worked as the head of security for the Deep Space Nine station.<\/p>\n

Additionally, he brought his Benson<\/em> character to life in the ’80s, as he played Clayton Runnymede Endicott III.<\/p>\n

As if his roster of television series weren’t recognized enough, he also starred in Batman Forever<\/em> and The Little Mermaid<\/em>, where he voiced Chef Louis in the animated classic.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Our thoughts are with Auberjonois’ loved ones during this time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Hollywood has lost a beloved star. Ren\u00e9 Auberjonois, who was best known for his roles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Benson, Boston Legal, M.A.S.H and many other projects, has passed away. The acclaimed actor was 79-years-old. According to ABC, the late actor’s son, R\u00e8my-Luc Auberjonois, told the Associated Press that his father passed away on Sunday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-09 15:23:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}