Oh captain, our captain: Ars staff remembers Patrick Stewart
Summary
The article reports that actor Sir Patrick Stewart died at age 86 at his Los Angeles home after living with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. It recounts his theater career and his best-known roles as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Charles Xavier in the X-Men films.Key Facts
- Stewart’s representatives said he died at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends.
- The representatives said he had Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
- Stewart was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1940, and became interested in acting at age 12.
- He began his professional acting career in 1959 in a production of Treasure Island.
- A television producer noticed Stewart while he was teaching Shakespeare at UCLA and recommended him for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Stewart played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ended in 1994.
- He played Professor Charles Xavier in the 2000 film X-Men and reprised the role in six more films.
- His family asked that memorial contributions go to the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund or the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources.
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