Nichelle Nichols cause of death updates – Star Trek actress shared her ‘final performance’ just days before dying at 89

STAR Trek actress Nichelle Nichols passed away Saturday at the age of 89, just days after sharing a now-eerie post with her fans.

The iconic star posted a of herself smiling on her Instagram page less than a week before her passing, paired with a caption saying that the actress had reached her “final performance.”

Nichelle, who was most well known for her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, had been in Los Angeles filming another Star Trek movie called Renegades: Ominara at the time the picture was taken. The film was said to be her last project before her retirement.

Her son, Kyle Johnson, shared the tragic news of her death in a statement on the actress’s , writing: “I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years,” he wrote.

He then revealed that his mother “succumbed to natural causes.”

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