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Whitney died of natural causes at her home in Coarsegold on May 1, 2015, at age 85. Jonathan Dweck said his mother wanted to be known more as a survivor of addiction than as a Star Trek cast member.
Speaking of her termination from the series, Whitney stated, they wanted William Shatner to have romances in each episode with a different person, because for him to be stuck with one woman was not good for him and it wasn't good for the audience. That's what they told me, so I was written out.
Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who played the character of Yeoman Janice Rand on the original Star Trek series, has died, the Associated Press reports. She was 85 years old. Rand was an early character on the show, but Whitney was written out after eight episodes.
Grace Lee Whitney died at age 85 of natural causes in her home in Coarsegold, California on May 1, 2015.
Grace dated Guy McCarthy for some months but broke up with him after he told her he loved her and she didn't reciprocate his feelings.