In accordance with a report from The Hollywood Reporter, actor Sir Patrick Stewart has handed away on the age of 86. Stewart spokesperson, Kelly Bush Novak, shared that he died after “a short and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s illness and Lewy physique dementia.”
Stewart was greatest identified for his roles as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology (and its varied spinoffs) and Charles Xavier within the X-Males movies, however he did loads of online game performing, too. Stewart performed Emperor Uriel Septim VII in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, one of many first characters you meet within the recreation, and Zobek in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. He additionally performed Jean-Luc Picard in about 10 totally different Star Trek video games and Charles Xavier in 5 totally different X-Males video games.
Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard within the 1994 Tremendous Nintendo recreation, Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology.
Stewart will all the time be a vital voice and face within the legacy of sci-fi leisure. Jean-Luc Picard will undoubtedly be an everlasting and necessary character within the Star Trek franchise, and that is because of Stewart’s portrayal of the starship captain. His portrayal of Charles Xavier additionally helped to legitimize the comedian guide film, and he’ll seem once more because the character on this 12 months’s upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
Our ideas are along with his family and friends, and the hundreds of thousands of followers (of which I embody myself) who’re mourning his loss. Let’s all drink some Earl Gray tea in his honor in the present day.
