Patrick Stewart, Star Trek's Picard and X-Men's Professor Xavier, dies at 86
The British actor's death was announced on his social media; colleagues such as Ian McKellen and Hugh Jackman paid tribute.
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Sir Patrick Stewart has died at 86, and the news was announced on the actor's own social media on Thursday (29), according to g1. The Briton became known worldwide as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and as Professor Xavier in the "X-Men" film saga.
Right after the announcement, fellow actors took to social media to say goodbye. g1 gathered messages from names such as Hugh Jackman, who wrote "We lost one of the greats," and Ian McKellen, another legend of British theater and Stewart's partner in "X-Men," where he played Magneto.
In a long text, McKellen recalled that the two met as ambitious young actors at the Royal Shakespeare Company, about fifty years ago, although they did not appear in the same productions. He highlighted Stewart's Yorkshire origins, in northern England, and the direct honesty with which his friend expressed himself.
For McKellen, Stewart was "transparent in his emotions," a quality that made him someone to trust, admire and love.
Other colleagues from film and television also mourned the death of the actor, who was knighted by the British Empire. Stewart's career combined the Shakespearean stage with characters that marked generations of science fiction and superhero movie fans.