File Photo of Patrick Stewart at the premiere of 'Star Trek: Picard'.
\n\nBritish actor Patrick Stewart, best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died aged 86. Stewart died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a “brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia”, his longtime spokesperson, Kelly Bush Novak, announced on Thursday.
\n\nIn a statement, Novak said Stewart had been surrounded by family and friends, as well as “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,” she added.
\n\nStewart became an international star after taking on the role of Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation in the late 1980s, having spent decades working in classical theatre in England.
\n\nHe was relatively unknown to American audiences when he was cast in the science-fiction series. Producer Robert Justman spotted him during a lecture at the University of California, Los Angeles, where Stewart was reading…
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