Photos: William Shatner through the years
Actor William Shatner, star of "The World of Suzie Wong" on Broadway is shown Jan. 22, 1959 from the Village Square, in New York's Greenwich Village. Shatner is shown wearing a suburban wool coat with gold and brown plaid and a deep V neckline. (AP Photo)
Stage actress Julie Harris, right, with actor William Shatner star in a Broadway comedy, "A Shot In The Dark" at the Booth Theatre in New York Jan. 11, 1962. (AP Photo)
The movie, "Star Trek," is now in production in Hollywood, Nov. 8, 1978, involving members of the original television series team: from left, Leonard Nimoy, director Robert Wise, producer Gene Roddenberry, Deforest Kelley and William Shatner. Nine years after the cancellation of the television show, the space adventure's popularity is stronger than ever. The film, with the same cast as the show, is budgeted at $20 million-- more than all the 79 television episodes cost. (AP Photo)
William Shatner, as Capt. James Kirk (right) and his first officer Leonard Nimoy, as Mr. Spock, will once again command the star ship U.S.S. Enterprise in a major movie film it was announced on Tuesday, March 28, 1978 in Los Angels at a Paramount Studio press conference.
William Shatner, who stars as Captain Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise in the movie "Star Trek," arrives at the world premiere of the movie, Dec. 6, 1979 at the MacArthur Theater in Washington. The woman at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Cast members of "Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan" get together for a special salute on "The MERV Show," during taping for that upcoming show on Tuesday, May 18, 1982 in Los Angeles. Members of the USS Enterprise, from left, are William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and Bibi Besch. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Actor William Shatner will portray a police officer in an upcoming ABC television show, "Sgt. Hooker." Shatner portrays a former detective who decides to return to the police force as a uniformed officer on March 7, 1982. Shatner described his character as a conservative man with a real distaste for crime. (AP Photo/Lennox Mclendon)
William Shatner (Actor) with Leonard Nimoy during filming shown in new ABC-TV's fall series: "T.J. Hooker" on Dec. 14, 1982. (AP Photo/RED)
William Shatner (Actor) with actor Leonard Nimoy at the 34th Annual Emmy Awards Banquet in the Century Plaza Hotel on Sept. 19, 1982 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick UT)
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, the dynamic duo in "Star Trek," meet again on Jan. 29, 1983 after 13 years in an upcoming episode of ABC's "T.J. Hooker," in which Shatner portrays the star, Hooker, and Nimoy his former partner and now a lieutenant who's after the man who allegedly attacked his daughter. (AP Photo/Lennox Mclendon)
Closeups of William Shatner (Actor), his wife in front of Hollywood's Walk of Fame on May 19, 1983 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Saxon)
Actor William Shatner poses in his police sergeant uniform during break in taping of his TV show "T.J. Hooker" on Oct. 28, 1985. (AP Photo/Lacy Atkins)
Actor William Shatner, currently starring in “Star Trek TV,” rehearses a skit for Saturday Night Live, on December 20, with the show’s regular stars Kevin Nealon, center an Dana Carvey, right, on Thursday, Dec. 19, 1986 in New York. In the segment, Shatner plays a television repairman who dreams of boldly going where no man has gone, but figures he will never do it. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
William Shatner, more used to kisses from beautiful aliens in his role as Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, gets a whale of a kiss from Yaka the 10,000-pound killer whale at a Vallejo, California, wildlife park, on Monday, March 16, 1987. Shatner, whose crew captured whales of a different breed to save the Earth in the latest Star Trek movie, made the Monday appearance to promote contributions to the California Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Program. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
William Shatner joins the Mardi Gras celebration upon his arrival in New Orleans on Friday, Feb. 28, 1987. Shatner will reign as King Bacchus when the parade rolls through the streets on Sunday night in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Skip Heine)
FILE- In this Dec. 28, 1988, file photo shows members of the "Star Trek" crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film during a news conference at Paramount Studios. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith,File)
FILE - In this 1988 file photo, William Shatner, who portrays Capt. James T. Kirk, attends a photo opportunity for the film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
Co-stars Patrick Stewart, left, and William Shatner are shown at the Paramount Pictures 25th anniversary celebration of the sci-fi television show "Star Trek" in Los Angeles, Ca., June 6, 1991. The event also marks the official presentation of Paramount's newest office building, named after the series' creator Gene Roddenberry. (AP Photo/Julie Markes)
Actor William Shatner displays a copy of his book recalling his experiences playing the role of Capt. James T. Kirk in the "Star Trek" television series and subsequent films during an appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1993 at New York's trendy Planet Hollywood. The book, "Star Trek Memories" was written with Chris Kreski. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Actor William Shatner makes a phone call by using an AT&T prepaid Star Trek card at a news conference in New York Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1998. Shatner played Captain Kirk in the television series that premiered in 1966. AT&T is introducing four prepaid Star Trek cards on April 1 featuring different characters in denominations of 15, 30, 60 and 100 minutes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Actor William Shatner celebrates with his award backstage after winning Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in an episode of "The Practice," at the 2004 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
This Sept. 13, 2004 file photo shows actor William Shatner as he poses on the set of ABC's "Boston Legal" television drama in Manhattan Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, FILE)
William Shatner accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his work on "Boston Legal" at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Actor William Shatner poses in his office Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Actor William Shatner is interviewed at the Big Apple Comic Con in New York, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. This weekend on a Hudson River pier, a huge pop culture festival brings together celebrities from the world of comic books, television, movies and sports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
William Shatner hosts the Juno Awards on Sunday, April 1, 2012, in Ottawa, Ontario. (AP Photo/Arthur Mola)
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, William Shatner poses for a portrait in New York. The "Star Trek" star has partnered with custom motorcycle builder American Wrench to create the Rivet motorcycle. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)
Actors Patrick Stewart, left, and William Shatner gesture during the Star Trek: The Next Generation Reunion Event at the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, IL on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP)
Brad Paisley, from left, William Shatner and Carrie Underwood perform a skit at the 49th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
William Shatner throws out the ceremonial first pitch in front of characters from Boston Comic Con, before a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Arizona Diamondbacks in Boston, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
In this Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, photo, from left, Henry Winkler, Terry Bradshaw, Jeff Dye, George Foreman and William Shatner, cast members in the NBC reality series "Better Late Than Never," pose together at NBCUniversal Studios in Universal City, Calif. After traipsing across Asia in the first season of the travelogue reality show “Better Late Than Never,” Foreman, Bradshaw, Winkler and Shatner are reuniting for a tour of Europe in season two, which premieres New Year’s Day on NBC. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Actor William Shatner is seated on stage, Sunday, May 6, 2018, during New England Institute of Technology commencement, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
William Shatner participates on day 3 during the 'William Shatner Spotlight' panel at C2E2 at McCormick Place on Sunday, March 1, 2020 in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
Is it really safe for just anyone, even a 90-year-old, to go to space? A series of studies in the 2010s sought to answer such question.
A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when a small plane crashed in New Jersey, police said.