Gene
L Coon
Born
on this day in 1924 – Gene L Coon - Star Trek writer and producer
for its first two seasons, from “Miri” to “Operation
Annihilate” in the first season, and from “Catspaw” to “A
Private Little War” in the second.
He
is credited with creating the Klingons for the series, he wrote the
very first episode that they appeared in “Errand of Mercy”. He is
also the creator of the United Federation of Planets Prime Directive
which forbids interference with younger civilizations.
He
is sometimes credited as Lee Cronin
He
died on 8th July 1973 of lung cancer.
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