POSTED BY

Steven Leckart

AT 8:45 AM
Tuesday May 5, 2009

Pets • Science Fiction

Star Trek creator's wife spends $4m for their dogs!

spock dog.jpg Before her death in 2008, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's widow Majel set up a $4 million residential trust to care for her dogs*.

TMZ reports:

A domestic employee named Reinelda Estupinian -- the person who cared for the pups -- gets $1 million and the right to live in the mansion with the dogs... Majel claimed Reinelda deserves the massive stack of cash because she "did an excellent job of caring for my animals (giving them comparable or better care than that which I gave them during my lifetime)."

I'd love to see how the Roddenbury pootches are living (my guess: LARGE). If you're reading, Reinelda: please set up a few web cams or even a Flickr stream using a few Pet's Eye View cameras.

In related news...

Although she passed away in Dec. 2008 after battling leukemia, actress/producer/petlover Majel Barrett/Roddenberry will reprise her role as the voice of Starfleet Computer in Star Trek. That fact alone got me even more pumped to see the movie. RIP, Mrs. Roddenberry.

[image via Lisa Knapp's Fabulous Pugs via Costume Dogs]

*The pug pictured above is not a Roddenberry. The family seemed to prefer the company of larger, less dolled-up canines like German Shepherds. Here's Majel with Orion.

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11 Comments

strider_mt2k

#1 – 9:08 AM May 5, 2009

No way!
I didn't know she was STILL the ship's computer!

AWESOME! Even more stoked now!

annoyingmouse

#2 – 9:31 AM May 5, 2009

Thank goodness there's no poor people in the world or this would seem wrong!

mgfarrelly

#3 – 10:17 AM May 5, 2009

I know it's trite, but come on, millions for dogs? Plenty of humans could be helped by some of that scratch, and still leave the dogs living in abject luxury.

dculberson

#4 – 10:19 AM May 5, 2009

Well, it's not like the money is burnt up or exploded in a war. It's in trusts, employing people, and will be spent, employing more people, or left over after the dog's death and used for something else. That's the nature of money.

huntsu

#5 – 11:00 AM May 5, 2009

It won't last long, anyway. The dog's got a red shirt on, so it should die by the end of the reading of the will.

dr.hypercube

#6 – 11:50 AM May 5, 2009

Are those supposed to be Vulcan ears? If so, they missed a bet - the dog could double for Mr. Scott - furrowed brow especially.

Anonymous Anonymous

#7 – 6:51 PM May 6, 2009

why! why? why are crazy people blessed with huge fortunes? I can only hope that something sensible is done with the money after the dogs die, but I won't hold my breath.

J France

#8 – 10:41 PM May 6, 2009

I love Majel - she made many an ep of TNG palatable, and even made Deanna Troi seem endearing, instead of just booby and badly dressed.

Didn't know she was still the computer. That alone (like many others) is enough to make me see the film.

Hopefully she can be the Starfleet computer voice for years to come... there is enough material out there of her doing it, can't see why technology couldn't make it so.

Anonymous Anonymous

#9 – 8:36 AM May 7, 2009

It's hush money, folks. The cash is to cover up that the dogs know where Bones is buried...

angiemckaig

#10 – 10:02 AM May 7, 2009

I was very surprised to see that the image above was NOT taken with permission or credited. One would think that THIS site would be more careful with copyright and editorial use.

The image was taken by Lisa Knapp and is from the book Fabulous Pugs. You can read more at:
http://www.pamperedpuppy.com/features/200702_fabulouspugs.php

I have notified Lisa of this unauthorized use.

Anonymous Anonymous

#11 – 9:30 PM August 1, 2009


When her husband Gene died he left her nearly 80 million dollars, so she can well afford the 4 million dollar legacy

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