EntertainmentLegend’s Departure
Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek's Captain Picard, dies aged 86
The British actor, also known as Professor X in the X-Men films, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles.
Courtesy: Fox News, via X (Twitter)
Sir Patrick Stewart, the British actor best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at the age of 86. He died on Wednesday 28 October at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement shared on his Instagram account.
The statement said he died after what it called a "brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. His longtime spokesperson, Kelly Bush Novak, confirmed the news to Fox News Digital.
Stewart's career spanned six decades on stage, television and film. He was a veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company before he took the role of Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ran for seven seasons. He played the character again in four Star Trek films and in the series Star Trek: Picard, and from 2000 he played Professor Xavier, the founder of the X-Men, in the film series.
