First Nimoy, now Harve Bennett? Sad.
However, I'm ashamed to say that for some reason I thought Bennett had already died.
Incidentally, Bennett's proposed script for Star Trek VI--The Academy Years--was a reboot of sorts with younger actors playing the TOS cast, very much like JJ Abrams' Trek 2009.
The main difference was that there wasn't any "alternate reality" handwavium; it was still set in the original timeline.
Which, given the mentality of Rick Berman et al., would probably have turned out for the worse down the road, come to think of it.
(Although... I'm still mad at Lindelof for taking a brand-new continuity, and going straight to flat-out remaking the best Star Trek movie of all time. If you've got a shiny new universe, be a bit more creative with it!)