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\n\t\tActor William Shatner, pictured here on August 30, has been taken to hospital (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tActor William Shatner, pictured here on August 30, has been taken to hospital (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
William Shatner<\/a> has been taken in an ambulance to hospital after suffering a medical emergency.<\/p>\n The 94-year-old Star Trek icon<\/a>, who cemented his status playing Captain James T. Kirk on the hit sci-fi show and its movies, was reportedly admitted after an issue involving his blood sugar, sources with direct knowledge have revealed.<\/p>\n The incident occurred late on Wednesday afternoon local time in Los Angeles, with Shatner calling emergency medical workers as a precaution according to insiders.<\/p>\n A Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance was dispatched to his home with the actor and former astronaut<\/a> taken to a local hospital to be checked out.<\/p>\n Sources told TMZ<\/a> that the star is now doing \u2018good\u2019 and \u2018resting comfortably\u2019.<\/p>\n Despite his age, Shatner has remained active and often makes lively public appearances<\/a>, as well as working on projects that are tied to his work as Captain Kirk.<\/p>\n \t\t Earlier this month, the star revealed he never made a penny from the Star Trek re-runs.<\/p>\n Speaking about his time on the show \u2013 which originally ran from 1966 until 1969 \u2013 Shatner told The Telegraph<\/a>: \u2018Nobody knew about re-runs.<\/p>\n \u2018The concept of syndication only came in after Star Trek was cancelled when someone from the unions said, \u201cWait a minute, you\u2019re replaying all those films, those shows.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018There was a big strike. But in the end, the unions secured residual fees shortly after Star Trek finished, so I didn\u2019t benefit.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t However, Shatner \u2013 who was married to actress Gloria Rand, 92, at the time of first filming Star Trek, and has three daughters, Leslie, 67, \u00a0Lisabeth, 64, and Melanie, 61, with her \u2013 insisted the programme did pay him \u2018very well for me in my experience up to that time\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018But by the standards of Hollywood, not very well \u2013 and with a dissolving marriage, with three children, I was broke at that point,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n After Star Trek was cancelled in 1969, Shatner set up a touring company and put on a \u2018one-set Broadway play\u2019 in theatres to make cash.<\/p>\n He recalled that he \u2018booked the whole summer, a week in each town, filling each theatre\u2019 and \u2018made a living there, just about\u2019.<\/p>\n At the end of the season, upon his return to LA, his struggled eased and \u2018the work began to flow in\u2019.<\/p>\n Metro has contacted a rep for Shatner for comment.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"NEW](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SEI_267561350-2fde-e1758788581373.jpg\")
\n\t\tA source says he is now \u2018resting comfortably\u2019 after he was admitted (Picture: Patricia Schlein\/Star Max\/GC Images)<\/p>\n![\"14872479](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SEI_257735693-3905-e1758788699262.jpg\")
\n\t\tShatner recently revealed that he never made any money from Star Trek re-runs, when the show\u2019s popularity soared (Picture: Silver Screen Collection\/Getty)<\/p>\n
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