George Takei leads tributes to Star Trek co-star Walter Koenig after his death at 90

• Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, best known for playing Russian navigator Pavel Chekov in the original television series and films, has died aged 90 at his home in Los Angeles.
• Koenig joined Star Trek in its second season, his character embodying the show’s optimistic vision of international cooperation during the Cold War.
• Co-star George Takei paid tribute to Koenig on social media, writing: “Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend.”
• Koenig was Takei’s best man at the Hikaru Sulu actor’s wedding to Brad Altman in 2008.
• Born in Chicago in 1936 to Soviet Jewish immigrants, Koenig also appeared in Babylon 5 and is survived by his daughter, Danielle.

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