21 Star Trek Actors Who Died In 2024

21. Mickey Cottrell - 1st January 2024

Mickey Cottrell, whose full name was Richard Edward Cottrell, first appeared in Star Trek in The Next Generation episode The Perfect Mate. He played Chancellor Alrik of the Valtese, who would, by the episode's end, marry Famke Janssen's Kamala in a political wedding. He returned in the Voyager episode The Raven as Dumah, one of the Bomar.

He had a prolific career as an actor, though his years as both a producer and a publicist resulted in an enormous body of work. He is credited with such projects as My Own Private Idaho, Shortbus, and Ed Wood.

His early career would see him working in the Gutherie Theatre, Minnesota, as well as the Loyola Theatre. In 2002 he formed his own publicity company - the Mickey Cottrell Publicity Agency, then followed this in 2004 with Inclusive PR. In 2016, he suffered a stroke that required him to undergo surgery and physical therapy. 

He passed away from complications due to Parkinson's Disease at 79 years of age in the Film and Television Country House and Hospital, in Los Angeles.