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Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86

Original: Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor and acclaimed thespian, dies aged 86

Sir Patrick Stewart, the British actor best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at his home aged 86. His family said he passed after what they called a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. Tributes are pouring in to the acclaimed Shakespearean stage and screen actor.

Why now: The death of a beloved, internationally known actor has just been announced.

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• Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor and acclaimed thespian, dies aged 86 · The Guardian

  Star Trek: the Next Generation star died at his home after ‘a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia’

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