Ars Technica staff members shared recollections of 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. The piece recounts how Stewart landed the Picard role in his late 40s after a TV producer saw him teaching a Shakespeare master class at UCLA, and includes Sir Ian McKellen's Instagram remembrance of Stewart's decision to take the Star Trek role despite risks to his UK stage career.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-30
Actor Patrick Stewart has died, with his family citing Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia as the cause. Stewart was best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard across seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, four films, and the revival series Star Trek: Picard, which concluded three years ago. He also had a long career in the X-Men franchise and on stage.
bostonglobe.com
· 2026-10-30
Actor Patrick Stewart, best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home. A statement posted to his Instagram account said he had been in the care of his wife, Sunny, and cited his death at 86 following complications from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-29
Actor Patrick Stewart died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, according to longtime spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak, following what she described as a brief battle with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. Stewart was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his death, Bush Novak said.
entertainment.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-29
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.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-29
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