Complex sentence: Fans asked Nimoy questions about current events such as the Vietnam War and LSD as if he were the Vulcan scientist; one even asked the actor to lay his hands on a friend's eyes to heal them.
Split into simpler sentences: Fans asked Nimoy questions about current events such as the Vietnam War and LSD, as if he were the Vulcan scientist. A fan even asked the actor to lay his hands on a friend's eyes to heal them.