Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ Dies

Patrick Stewart, a British actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and Professor Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" franchise, died at age 86. According to a message posted to Stewart's Instagram account, he died at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday. Fox News reported he died following a battle with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. Stewart was born in 1940 in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England.

• NYT — Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ Dies
• CNN — Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ actor, dead at 86
• CNN — Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ actor, dies aged 86
• Fox News — Patrick Stewart, legendary 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men' actor, dies at 86
• The Verge — Patrick Stewart has died at age 86
• Breitbart — Patrick Stewart, Hollywood Icon, ‘Star Trek’ ‘X-Men’ Star, Dies at 86
• NPR — Patrick Stewart, a perceptive patriarch in 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men,' dies at 86
• CNN — Patrick Stewart, legendary ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ actor, dies at 86
• CNN — Patrick Stewart dies at 86
• BBC — Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to 'beloved actor' Sir Patrick Stewart after his death at 86
• BBC — The acting legend defined by Yorkshire who 'loved it to the end'

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