Jan 14 2009
KHAAANNNN Dies
Well, it is a sad day in the land of science fiction and fantasy as Ricardo Montalban has died at 88 years old. Montalban was probably best known for his role as Mr. Roark of Fantasy Island, but to all of you geek-boys and -girls out there, he played the role of Khan Noonien Singh in the Star Trek feature film, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The famous overacting performance that was given by William Shatner in that movie featured Captain Kirk screaming “KHAAANNNN!!” several times with a look of extreme constipation on his face after being marooned on a planet by Khan with no obvious escape. Never-the-less, Montalban gave an amazing performance in this movie and it is a sad day that sees his passing. Khan’s final dying words in the Star Trek movie were quoted from Hermann Melville’s Moby Dick, “To the last, I will grapple with thee… from Hell’s heart, I stab at thee! For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee!” RIP Ricardo.
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