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Gene Roddenberry
(1921-1991)
American screenwriter and producer
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Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of Star Trek: The Original Series, its sequel spin-off series Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Los Angeles Police Department, where he also began to write scripts for television.

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Born Eugene Wesley Roddenberry
19 August 1921
El Paso, Texas, USA
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24 October 1991 (aged 70)
UCLA, Santa Monica Medical Center, Santa Monica, California, USA
Zodiac Leo
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