That's sad. Leslie Nielsen was lead actor in my favourite film of all time, the 1956 classic "Forbidden Planet". It was his character, captain of the United Planets Cruiser C-57D "John J. Adams", which most probably provided the spark I needed to become interested in everything "space".
I wasn't a fan of the later Airport or Naked Gun stuff at all, but acknowledge his versatility.
RIP Mr Nielsen.
