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Gene Roddenberry

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Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. He was born in El Paso, Texas, on 19 August 1921, grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer, and died on 24 October 1991. He flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. His honours include the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Within this atlas Gene Roddenberry is credited as the creator of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Writers Guild of America Award 1
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Hugo Award 1
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1921 1
Gene Roddenberry
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Source Star Trek: The Original Series, Wikipedia
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1. Gene Roddenberry (Wikipedia)
  • Article lead sentence
    Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921, October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek.
  • Article text
    Roddenberry's episode of the series Have Gun, Will Travel, "Helen of Abajinian", won the Writers Guild of America award for Best Teleplay in 1958.
  • Article text (hugo-award)
    The script won a Hugo Award, but the awards board neglected to inform Roddenberry, who found out through correspondence with Asimov.
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Star Trek: The Original Series, Wikipedia
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Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Wikipedia
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.
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Star Trek (Wikipedia)
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Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry and owned by Paramount, which began with the series of the same name and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
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