Famously he wrote a book called "I am not Spock" (which I have) but for me he always will be Spock.
Star Trek (the original series) was one of my 2 favourite TV shows of all time. And Spock was my favourite TV character of all time.
I mentioned Spock once before in this blog, in relation to "ASCII Art".
By coincidence I watched an episode of the TV show during the week. I watched the second pilot ("Where No Man Has Gone Before"). I did not watch it because it is one of my favourite episodes (it is not) but because the DVD has a text commentary by Mike and Denise Okuda and I was interested to see what information was included in it.
I also started watching the first movie ("The Motion Picture") during the week. I know other people didn't but I really liked that movie. I guess I was so glad at the time to see my beloved characters coming back to life.
And, of course, the second movie has the fabulous scenes relation to Spock's death. All so very well done. Spock famously says to Kirk: "I have been, and always shall be, your friend".
As well as being a great actor, he was apparently a very nice man.
He has been, and always shall be, my hero.
Here is his last tweet, which finishes with the acronym for "Live Long and Prosper":
