British screen and stage actor Sir Patrick Stewart has died at the age of 86, after a “brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.”
Kelly Bush Novak, Stewart’s long time spokesperson, told The Hollywood Reporter that the acclaimed sci-fi actor died on the 28th of October in his Los Angeles home, surrounded by family and friends.
“He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all,” Bush Novak wrote.
“We will forever cherish the peaceful ease and reflection on his face, an enduring reminder of his invincible grace.”
With a career spanning over 60 years, Stewart started his acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company, winning a Laurence Olivier Award in 1979 for Antony and Cleopatra and earning widespread praise for his stage portrayals of Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, and his one-man performance of A Christmas Carol.
He then captured a global audience in his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise.
Stewart is survived by his two children, Daniel Stewart and Sophie Stewart, and his wife, Sunny Ozell.
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