Nichelle Nichols, the groundbreaking actress who played Lt. Uhura on “Star Trek,” was at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit that ended with a jury awarding her family $13 million.
“Nichelle Nichols had a new heart condition, and the great people that were taking care of her sent her to the emergency room to be diagnosed. They did a terrible job of that,” Curtis said.
The lawsuit alleges that Gila Medical Center “hired, credentialed, and inappropriately supervised unqualified medical providers and allowed them to treat Ms. Nichols.”
Nichols was later transferred to an assisted living facility, where she died hours later.
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