{"id":51856,"date":"2019-12-08T21:29:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T05:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=51856"},"modified":"2019-12-08T21:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T05:29:08","slug":"rene-auberjonois-has-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2019\/12\/rene-auberjonois-has-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ren\u00e9 Auberjonois Has Passed"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a sad day indeed for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em> fans, with the news that Ren\u00e9 Auberjonois<\/strong>, who portrayed Odo the shapeshifter on the show, is dead at the age of seventy-nine.<\/p>\n

Auberjonois died at his Los Angeles home of metastatic lung cancer, according to his son R\u00e8my-Luc.<\/p>\n

Born in New York in 1940 of a Swiss-born foreign correspondent for U.S. newspapers, and his wife Princess Laure Louise Napol\u00e9one Eug\u00e9nie Caroline Murat (a great-great granddaughter of Joachim Murat, one of Napoleon’s marshals); Auberjonois was raised in New York, Paris, and London.<\/p>\n

Auberjonois studied theater in London, and he also attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology<\/em> in Pittsburgh (now named Carnegie Mellon University<\/em>) where he graduated in 1962.<\/p>\n

Initially working on Broadway, where he earned a Tony Award for his work in Coco<\/em> as Sebastian Baye, Auberjonois made the transition to television and film. He was the original Father John Mulcahy in 1970’s M*A*S*H*<\/em> and appeared in other movies such as McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Hindenburg, King Kong, The Feud, Inspector Gadget, Batman Forever, Brewster McCloud<\/em>, and more. Trek fans remember his turn as Colonel West in 1991’s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Auberjonois was often seen on television, and is best known for his work on Benson, Boston Legal<\/em>, and of course, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em>. Some of his other television appearances included: Mod Squad, McMillan and Wife, Night Gallery, NET Playhouse<\/em>‘s 1972 Portrait of the Hero as a Young Man<\/em> (where he played George Washington<\/strong> and where your writer saw him for the first time at the age of fourteen and became a fan), The Jeffersons, Saturday Night Live, Black sheep Squadron, Starsky and Hutch, Family, Hart to Hart, Mrs. Columbo, Matlock, Warehouse 13, Archer, Criminal Minds<\/em> and more.<\/p>\n

Auberjonois did quite a bit of voice work, and who can forget him as the French Chef Louis singing Les Poissons<\/em> in 1989’s The Little Mermaid<\/em> film.<\/p>\n

Some of his Star Trek<\/em> family spoke of him today via their Twitter<\/em> accounts. “It is with great heartache and loss; I share with you the passing of dear, dear Rene Auberjonois,” said Armin Shimerman<\/strong>. “His last message to me was entitled “Don’t forget…” I know that I, Kitty, and all that knew him will never forget. The world seems noticeably emptier now. I loved him.”<\/p>\n

“I love and respect Rene more than I can say now,” said Nana Visitor<\/strong>. “This beautiful soul. My heart. Oh…”<\/p>\n

“I cannot express how much you meant to me,” said Terry Farrell<\/strong>. “I will truly miss you my dear colleague, mentor, father figure, friend.”<\/p>\n

“Heartbroken,” said Jeffrey Combs<\/strong>. “I lost a cherished friend today and the world lost a great artist. Peace, Ren\u00e9.”<\/p>\n

Auberjonois is survived by his wife Judith, two children and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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