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Leonard Nimoy on growing up in a neighborhood that no longer exists and losing his Boston accent

By adamg on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 8:51pm

Leonard Nimoy On Growing Up In The West End, Keeping Spock's Ears And Losing His Boston Accent

Margery Eagan and Jared Bowen interview Leonard Nimoy at WGBH.

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By Ian Lamont on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 9:55pm.

Good interview. Never knew he grew up in the West End.

He starts talking about the accent at about 05:30.

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By mike on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 10:26am.

Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?

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By Rob on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 11:12pm.

I thought he went to Brookline High.

Haven't listened to Margery lately. Has she regularly been saying "fascinating" that much or was she just trying to be witty?

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By adamg on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 11:47pm.

Attended English High.

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By anon on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 3:11am.

And so did J.P. Morgan and Louis Farrakhan just to name a few

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By mplo on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 12:58am.

And so did J.P. Morgan and Louis Farrakhan just to name a few

Louis Farrakhan's original name was Gene Walcott, prior to changing it to Louis Farrakhan.

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By anon on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 2:39am.

was in a nursing home in JP. My sister met him. Nice guy. This was long ago, the 70s.

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By Finn on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 10:53am.

Poor guy just got diagnosed with COPD...hope he continues to live long and prosper.

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By TheGrovehaller on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 8:37am.

Good one. It is a good watch.

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By dmk on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 9:43pm.

PBS just ran a special done by Nimoy's sone where they walk about the old West End and downtown talking about where he lived and the rest. I'd look it up to see fi it will repeat. It was interesting.

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By Kaz on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 10:50am.

It will be on WGBH on Friday, 5/30, at 8 PM and Saturday, 5/31, at 5 AM.

http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Leonard-Nimoys-Boston-2672

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By Michael Kerpan on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 10:23am.

Great to hear him reminisce.

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