William Shatner is turning to interactive artificial intelligence to preserve his voice and legacy as he approaches his 95th birthday, confronting mortality behind a carefully maintained front of optimism following recent health scares.
The public's collective heart skipped a beat this past September when reports surfaced that the Star Trek legend had been rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. While the actor's representatives were quick to clarify that it was a precautionary check-up following a minor blood sugar issue, with Shatner himself jokingly tweeting that he had simply 'over-indulged', the incident has reignited a conversation about the fragility of a centenarian-in-waiting.
