William Shatner, known for his role as Spock on Star Trek, has been married four times, with three of those unions ultimately leading to divorce. He was formerly married to horse trainer Elizabeth Martin, but they divorced in 2020.
Nevertheless, his third and final wife, Nerine (born: Nerine Kidd), was found dead in the couple’s Studio City, California pool in 1999, ending his shortest-ever marriage. Sadly, model Nerine Shatner passed away at the young age of 40. The tragic situation for the “Star Trek” actor was compounded by information obtained from his wife’s autopsy.
Leonard Nimoy, the original “Star Trek” Spock, officiated at Shatner and Kidd’s 1996 wedding as the best man. According to Shatner’s biography “Live Long And… What I Learned Along the Way,” published in 2018, the actor’s discovery of his wife’s dead body was one of the darkest moments of his life, and he was “twisted in anguish… I was absolutely lost.”
Nerine Had A Difficult Time With Substance Abuse
William Shatner probably wasn’t shocked to learn that his late wife had excessive amounts of alcohol in her system when she drowned. As People reports, the autopsy indicated that her blood alcohol level was.28 percent, more than three times the legal driving limit in California.
According to reports from 1999 in the Los Angeles Times, Nerine took sleeping pills prior to her death; People said that it was the tranquilizer Valium. The drowning fatality was deemed to be accidental. They think she dove into the pool and banged her head. Even before she met Shatner, Nerine had established herself as a model and commercial actor in Europe and New York, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Detective Mike Coffey of the Los Angeles Police Department, who investigated the death of Nerine Kidd, was quoted as saying at the time the autopsy report was made public: “All of the evidence points to an accident at this point in the inquiry… She had a serious issue with alcohol.
She was widely known to be an alcoholic. The issue was too great for her to overcome.” Shatner later discussed his late wife’s alcoholism, revealing that he was aware of her problems with alcoholism at the time of her death. Leonard Nimoy, Shatner’s “Star Trek” co-star and longtime friend, had even tried to assist Nerine in locating treatment, as noted by Closer Weekly.
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After Nerine’s Death Shanter Considered Suicide
Nerine Shatner’s face and neck were injured, and she also had a concussion and a blood alcohol level that was dangerously high. The naked body of the victim was discovered in the swimming pool. She frequently consumed a mixture of Gatorade and alcohol.
To paraphrase his 2018 autobiography “Shatner elaborated on her death in his autobiography, Live Long And… What I Learned Along the Way: “This was the kind of pain that makes you believe either I’m simply going to die or I’m going to kill myself. There was a period when I told myself that feeling nothing would be preferable to live with the anguish.”
That wasn’t me, though; it was Nerine. This action was taken by her.” Although he was never a suspect, Shatner was questioned about his wife Nerine’s drowning death. However, he was able to provide sufficient proof to prove that he was not present at the time.
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