On October 29th local time, the personal social media account of the British actor Patrick Stewart announced that he had passed away at his home in Los Angeles on the 28th, at the age of 86.
Public records show that Stewart was born in Yorkshire, England in 1940. He served for a long time with the Royal Shakespeare Company. From 1987 to 1994, he became famous for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the American science fiction television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation". In 2000, he first appeared as Professor X in the movie "X-Men", and continued to play this role for over a decade thereafter.
Patrick Stewart played Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
Stewart played Professor X in "X-Men 2".
From 2004 to 2015, Stewart also served as the president of Huddersfield University in the UK, and represented the university to visit several universities in China.
The obituary states that Stewart suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia for a long time. On October 28th, after experiencing a brief episode of the illness, he passed away at his home in Los Angeles, USA, with his wife by his side.
Before his death, Stewart appeared in the Marvel movie 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', which will be released in December this year. The Marvel Studios said this film was Stewart's "last appearance on screen".
