Tommaso Boddi/ Getty 160618-Yamato-Anton-Yelchin-obit-tease The 27-year-old actor died in a freak accident early Sunday. But his impressive body of work, in everything from ?Star Trek? to ?Green Room,? lives on. Death never makes much sense to the living, but Sunday?s sudden, tragic loss of Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin stung with particular shock and melancholy. Those who knew him personally, and the legions more who watched him grow from a child actor into one of Hollywood?s most promising young talents, expressed the same sentiment at his untimely death, at age 27, in a freak accident: Another light gone out too soon.