Patrick Stewart, Star Trek Actor, Dies Aged 86

Patrick Stewart died at age 86 at his Los Angeles home after what his family called a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. He died in the loving care of his wife, Sunny Ozell. Spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak told The Hollywood Reporter that family and friends held him in a warm embrace with live music, prayer, tears and laughter. The family posted the announcement on Instagram. He is survived by Ozell and two adult children. A son of Mirfield in Yorkshire, Stewart went from the Royal Shakespeare Company to a six-decade career on Broadway, film and television, making his Broadway debut in 1971 and receiving a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2010 for services to drama. He portrayed Jean-Luc Picard across seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, four feature films and the 2020 series Star Trek: Picard, and played Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films for more than two decades, holding a Guinness World Record for the longest Marvel career. He was a three-time Olivier Award winner and a Tony nominee, with multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations. Novak said loved ones will cherish the peaceful ease on his face as a reminder of his invincible grace. Contested: none in record. Left-rated coverage framed a legendary titan of stage and screen; the one right-rated outlet led on the Star Trek captain. No factual dispute on the death, cause, date or survivors appears across the rated set.