GoKawiilActor Patrick Stewart, known for Star Trek and X-Men, dies at 86
Patrick Stewart, famed for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at age 86. A statement on his Instagram account said he passed away at his Los Angeles home after what it described as a brief battle with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. Stewart, knighted in 2010, began his career in British theater before becoming a global screen icon.