Crosby thoughtfully remembers her costar with an unforgettable reference to TNG.
“Death is that state in which one exists only in the memory of others, which is why it is not an end. No goodbyes. Just good memories.” Star Trek fans will undoubtedly tear up when they remember this unforgettable and heartbreaking line of dialogue uttered by Lt. Tasha Yar from The Next Generation season 1 episode “Skin of Evil.”
And Crosby, who portrayed the USS Enterprise-D’s security chief, paid tribute to her Next Gen costar, Patrick Stewart, by writing the following on X, formerly Twitter, following the announcement of the actor’s death on Wednesday, Oct. 28: “Try as I might, my words don’t suffice. I am so blessed to have worked with one of the greatest as he purred my name, 'Tasha' with such grace. My colleague, my Captain, ‘no good-byes, just good memories…’"
Try as I might, my words don’t suffice. I am so blessed to have worked with one of the greatest as he purred my name, “Tasha” with such grace. My colleague, my Captain, “no good-byes, just good memories…”#StarTrek @SirPatStew #PatrickStewart
— Denise Crosby (@TheDeniseCrosby) October 29, 2026
Crosby’s emotional social media post honoring Stewart is an even more heart-wrenching tribute given that she used The Next Generation dialogue from Tasha Yar’s funeral. For those who may be new to the Star Trek fandom, Tasha was tragically killed during TNG season 1’s “Skin of Evil.”
And at the end of The Next Generation episode, the crew gathered to watch a hologram Tasha, which was recorded ahead of time, that would be played for her friends in the event of her death. As Tasha’s speech neared its close, she singled out Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Stewart), and said how she would like to be like him — and she hoped to make him proud of her.
After Tasha uttered the now famous line, which Crosby repeated in her tribute to Stewart, the character said to her captain, “Hailing frequencies closed, sir.” And then the Enterprise security officer’s hologram vanished.
I still feel that Tasha's memorial is one of The Next Generation’s most emotional moments, and reading Crosby’s “no good-byes, just good memories” tribute to Stewart truly moved me, as I’m sure it did many other Trekkers and Trekkies.
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Live long and prosper, Trekkies!
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