Khan is gone
Ricardo Montalban, one of the most distinctive and evocative voices from my childhood and early adulthood, died yesterday at age 88. No one could say “soft Corinthian leather” with quite the same intonation:
And, of course, he earned geek/SF immortality with his role in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”, still the best of all the myriad Star Trek movies:
Hat tip to Ace of Spades (where there are a few more videos).
UPDATED: Here’s his IMDB entry, which is truly impressive. He worked for over 60 years and did literally hundreds of performances. ..bruce w..
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