R.I.P. Walter Koenig, Star Trek's original Chekov
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Walter Koenig has died. Best known as Pavel Chekov, the Enterprise’s jocular mop-topped Russian navigator on Star Trek and in its many sequel films, Koenig spent more than half a century on screens big and small, going boldly where no one had gone before. Radio host and family friend Jesse Thorne confirmed his death through Koenig’s daughter, Danielle. He was 90.
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