Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies aged 86
Briefing by News4U · First published
British actor Patrick Stewart, known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at the age of 86. He died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles after "a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia," longtime spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak told the Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian reported. Stewart later reprised Picard on screen and also played Prof Charles Xavier in the X-Men series. [1]
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- Patrick Stewart, Star Trek actor and acclaimed thespian, dies aged 86
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