AP-Obit-Jeffries
Creator of original ‘Star Trek’ starship dies
(Los Angeles-AP) — The man who created the original “Star Trek” starship “Enterprise” has died.
Film and T-V art director Matt Jeffries has been ill and died of a heart attack Monday at a Los Angeles-area hospital. He was 82.
Jeffries worked as a set designer for films in the late 1950s. He served as art director for T-V shows like “The Untouchables,” “Little House on the the Prairie” and “Dallas.”
Jeffries designed the “Enterprise” before the “Star Trek” series debuted in 1966, and remained with the show for many years.
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