{"id":718373,"date":"2026-06-06T05:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718373\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:18:13","slug":"star-trek-icon-nichelle-nichols-family-awarded-13-million-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718373\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Star Trek&#8217; Icon Nichelle Nichols&#8217; Family Awarded $13 Million in Wrongful Death Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260605_c8ab7ffbe96e4d15affe1e2239afecf2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8da9c6cc-22e4-4811-9786-7aadc9c11f04\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c8ab7ffbe96e4d15affe1e2239afecf2_md.png\" alt=\"main nichelle nichols star trek everett\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The family of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nichelle-nichols\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nichelle Nichols<\/a> was just handed a hefty sum &#8230; after a jury awarded them millions in a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The TV and film icon&#8217;s estate was awarded $13 million as a result of a wrongful death lawsuit against Gila Medical Center in Silver City, New Mexico, where Nichols was treated in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary Nichols was a trailblazer as Lt. Uhura on \u201cStar Trek\u201d &#8230; the first Black woman to play a starring role on TV. She also appeared as the beloved character in several &#8216;ST&#8217; films.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240413_b838e98138f544d8b6447af2121cbd02\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8da9c6cc-22e4-4811-9786-7aadc9c11f04\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b838e98138f544d8b6447af2121cbd02_md.jpg\" alt=\"Nichelle on 'Star Trek'_\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Per the verdict sheet &#8230; Gila Regional Medical Center was 40% liable in the case, with one doctor being found 60% liable, while another was 0% liable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local station KOAT 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koat.com\/article\/nichelle-nichols-medical-negligence-star-trek-new-mexico\/67972268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reported<\/a> the actress had a heart condition, and during a visit to the ER &#8230; she allegedly did not get the proper treatment &#8212; and was transferred to an assisted living facility, where she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/07\/31\/nichelle-nichols-dead-dies-age-89-star-trek-uhura\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> hours later. She was 89.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to Gila Medical Center in Silver City for comment &#8230; so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of Nichelle Nichols was just handed a hefty sum &#8230; after a jury awarded them millions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-718373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}