Silver screen legend Patrick Stewart, who gained fans the world over for generations starring in iconic rolls from Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise, has died. He was 86.
\n\n“We announce with great sorrow the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, in the loving care of his beloved wife Sunny, following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia,” said a statement from Stewart’s rep. “He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter, and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all.”
\n\n“We will forever cherish the peaceful ease and reflection on his face, an enduring reminder of his invincible grace,” the statement concluded.
\n\nA Shakespearean stage actor trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Stewart was Tony Award nominated for a 2008 production of Macbeth. He won a 1992 Drama Desk Award for A Christmas Carol and Olivier Awards for Carol, Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet.
\n\nStewart appeared in movie adaptations of Excalibur and Dune in the ’80s. In 1987…
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