Inspired the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise after his creation of the Star Trek franchise.
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After he passed away, the Star Trek crew decided to give him a farewell at the beginning of the 6th Star Trek movie, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country.
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Gene has a building named in his honor on the Paramount Studio lot.
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Gene died within 48 hours of screening Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), the last Trek that revolved around his original characters.
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Gene's first TV script sale, in 1953, was the episode Defense Plant Gambling' for the show Mr. District Attorney (1954).
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During WWII, Gene wrote a song lyric "I Wanna Go Home", which became popular among the other troops.
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On June 19, 1947 Gene was deadheading (traveling while not on duty) on a Pan Am plane when it crashed in the Syrian desert, killing 7 of 9 crew and 7 of 26 passengers on board. He rescued the Maharani of Pheleton from the wreck.
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In 1943, while a US Army Air Corps pilot, Gene's plane crashed on takeoff due to a mechanical failure, killing two crew members.
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Gene might have died in a house fire when still a toddler along with Bob, Doris, and their mother, but a milkman came along and woke them in time.
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Gene's nickname was "The Great Bird of the Galaxy."
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The film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) was dedicated to Gene's memory as were two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) (Unification Parts 1 and 2).
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In 1997, some of Gene's ashes were sent into space, launched by a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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During WWII, Gene had a friend named Kim Noonien Singh; after the war Kim disappeared, and Gene used his name for some characters in the Star Trek series hoping for Kim to contact him.
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Gene shared the same birthday as Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) star, Jonathan Frakes.
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Gene was married to Eileen Anita Rexroat from June 20, 1942 until their divorce on December 24, 1969.
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Gene was married to actress Majel Barrett from December 29, 1969 until his death on October 24, 1991.
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Gene won the Writer's Guild Award for Have Gun Will Travel (1957) script Helen of Abajinian.
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Gene served on the Los Angeles Police Force from 1949 - 1956, his badge number was 6089.
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