"Star Trek" actor William Shatner has purchased a Los Angeles home for use as a "sober living" facility in honor of his late wife, who drowned in the couple's swimming pool 18 months ago in an alcohol-related accident.
The Nerine Shatner Friendly House will provide a residential home for 11 women recovering from alcoholism.
Shatner discovered his wife's body at the bottom of their pool in August 1999. An autopsy revealed that the former model drowned after hitting her head on the pool's bottom while diving. She had a blood-alcohol level of 0.27 percent.
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"I wanted to salvage some meaning out of all that experience," the actor said.