Also according to Celebrity Net Worth, Nichelle Nichols' net worth at the time of her passing was around $500,000, though other online outlets report her net worth much higher. At the time of Nichols' death, ExactNetWorth estimated the TV Star's net worth at around $8 million. After her time on the Enterprise, Nichols continued to earn a good deal of money through appearances at "Star Trek" conventions and other fan events, as Celebrity Net Worth also notes.

First diagnosed in 2013, Nichols lived with dementia at the time that she died, as Space.com reports. According to their 2021 report, Nichols' wealth was locked up in a conservatorship battle between her family members and her business associates. Off screen, the actress also worked for NASA as a spokesperson for female recruitment and to encourage more people of color to take an interest in space exploration. Also notable, as Uhura, Nichols' on-screen kiss with Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) was the most high-profile interracial kiss on TV at that time (via Yahoo! Entertainment).

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