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of British actor Patrick Stewart, celebrated for his decades-long Shakespearean stage career and iconic roles in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--culture js-article-content\">\n<p>Tributes from across Hollywood and beyond are pouring in following the news of the <strong>death of legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart<\/strong>, who died at the age of 86.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div data-ad-id=\"adzone-position\" data-ad-type=\"classic\" class=\"c-ad__adzone advertising mobile-content-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n          <span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div 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Charles Xavier, Enobarbus in &#8220;Antony and Cleopatra&#8221;, Claudius opposite David Tennant&#8217;s Hamlet, as well as his memorable turns in John Boorman\u2019s <em>Excalibur<\/em>, David Lynch\u2019s <em>Dune<\/em>, Mel Brooks\u2019 <em>Robin Hood: Men in Tights<\/em>, and as the soft-spoken neo-Nazi leader in Jeremy Saulnier&#8217;s <em>Green Room<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"connatix-container\" data-connatix-state=\"reserved\" data-connatix-player-id=\"b4e54fcd-7d0c-4f47-81b1-1ac4eb4ebce7\" data-connatix-tag-targeting=\"vertical\">\n<div id=\"connatix-player\" data-ad-name=\"connatix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2115940586762957252\"><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The official Star Trek social media account thanked Patrick Stewart.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;A voice. A presence. A captain unlike any other,&#8221; the account says, adding: &#8220;Sir Patrick Stewart gave generations of fans an icon who inspired us to look toward the stars. Today, we celebrate an extraordinary life and an enduring legacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His fellow USS Enterprise captain William Shatner wrote: \u201cWhat a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work. My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2115902238921228332\"><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>George Takei, who starred in Star Trek: The Original Series with Shatner, wrote on Bluesky: &#8220;Fans across the world mourn the passing of a true and irreplaceable legend. As Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart took the starship Enterprise to places it had never gone before. He inspired a whole next generation of star-gazers who looked longingly ahead to a brighter future for all humanity. Our hearts are heavy, indeed. Rest in the heavens, Captain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex Kurtzman, who co-created \u201cStar Trek: Picard\u201d, wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s hard, impossible really, to express how grateful I am to have shared this moment with him. Grateful in a \u2018once in a career\u2019 kind of way. Right from our first meeting, he made it known that the only reason to play Picard again was to break new ground. His challenge was clear: Picard needed to be the man we knew and loved, but also entirely different, just as Patrick himself was 30 years after last wearing the uniform. The world of the Federation had to feel fresh and mirror many of the big issues the world faces today, issues that he wanted to face as a human and an artist, which meant interrogating an ideal to expose something more honest. He demanded truth. And in perhaps the trickiest high wire act, he wanted to reward fans with the nostalgia they would rightly demand, while subverting their expectations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfGDXpkEY9K\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stewart\u2019s Next Generation cast members also paid tribute, with Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) <strong>posting a photograph of the two<\/strong> with the caption: \u201cGodspeed, Captain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Will Riker actor Jonathan Frakes released a statement that read: \u201cThere\u2019s no one on this planet that I have acted with or directed more often than my late great friend Patrick Stewart. He will be with me forever. May he rest in Peace.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfFxNrvAVwK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marvel Studios also paid tribute to Stewart, saying he brought Charles Xavier to life with &#8220;extraordinary grace, intelligence, and humanity, defining the character for generations of fans, from X-Men to Logan to Avengers: Doomsday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a singular talent, a generous collaborator, and a true gentleman. Our hearts go out to his wife Sunny, his children, his friends, and the countless fans around the world whose lives he touched with his art.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2115896865803870592\"><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Actor Hugh Jackman, who starred alongside Stewart in the X-Men films as Logan\/Wolverine, described him as a &#8220;tremendous friend and man&#8221;. In a post on Instagram, he wrote: &#8220;We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I learned so much from him. I will miss you, Patrick Stewart, all of my days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfF36ZYo_jX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rebecca Romijn, who played Mystique in X-Men said: &#8220;I feel so grateful to have known him for the last 25 years, and to have been in his orbit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was positively delicious, hilarious, naughty, incredible sense of humour,&#8221; Romijn added, &#8220;and that booming vice of his that always spoke to the back of the room&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfGAWMJKT0z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A particularly heartfelt tribute came from Sir Ian McKellen, with whom Stewart shared a longtime friendship, the screen in the X-Men films, and the stage with performances in &#8220;Waiting for Godot&#8221; and &#8220;No Man&#8217;s Land.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McKellen described Stewart as the &#8220;most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared on social media, McKellen described him as \u201ca man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The two frequently expressed their affection for each other, with McKellen officiating Stewart&#8217;s wedding in 2013.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2115961299729596647\"><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBefore everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end,\u201d McKellen wrote. \u201cYou could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKellen remembered trying to talk Stewart out of accepting the role of Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, asking: \u201cBut Patrick, think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart took the part anyway. \u201cThank goodness for us all that he did,\u201d McKellen said, going on to praise his friend who used his \u201cinternational celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes\u201d, as well as classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett.<\/p>\n<p>McKellen wrote that despite the US becoming his \u201cadopted home\u201d, the actor \u201cnever forsook his origins\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2115962297734877454\"><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>McKellen will share the screen with Stewart one last time for his the actor&#8217;s final performance as Professor Charles Xavier in <em>Avengers: Doomsday<\/em>, which will be released on 18 December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RIP Sir Patrick. 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Alzheimer\u2019s disease and Lewy body dementia\u201d.Stewart was a commanding and\u00a0charismatic performer who brought\u00a0gravitas to all his roles \u2013 be it Shakespeare or a starship captain\u00a0on Star Trek: The Next Generation\u00a0and a mutant telepath\u00a0in the X-Men series.He will be remembered for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Professor Charles Xavier, Enobarbus in &#8220;Antony and Cleopatra&#8221;, Claudius opposite David Tennant&#8217;s Hamlet,\u00a0as well as\u00a0his memorable turns in\u00a0John Boorman\u2019s Excalibur, David Lynch\u2019s Dune, Mel Brooks\u2019 Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and\u00a0as the soft-spoken neo-Nazi leader in Jeremy Saulnier&#8217;s Green Room.The official Star Trek social media account thanked Patrick Stewart.\u00a0&#8220;A voice. A presence. A captain unlike any other,&#8221; the account says, adding: &#8220;Sir Patrick Stewart gave generations of fans an icon who inspired us to look toward the stars. Today, we celebrate an extraordinary life and an enduring legacy.&#8221;His fellow USS Enterprise captain\u00a0William Shatner\u00a0wrote: \u201cWhat a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work. My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.\u201dGeorge Takei, who starred in Star Trek: The Original Series with Shatner, wrote on Bluesky: &#8220;Fans across the world mourn the passing of a true and irreplaceable legend. As Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart took the starship Enterprise to places it had never gone before. He inspired a whole next generation of star-gazers who looked longingly ahead to a brighter future for all humanity. Our hearts are heavy, indeed. Rest in the heavens, Captain.\u201dAlex Kurtzman, who co-created \u201cStar Trek: Picard\u201d, wrote:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s hard, impossible really, to express how grateful I am to have shared this moment with him. Grateful in a \u2018once in a career\u2019 kind of way. Right from our first meeting, he made it known that the only reason to play Picard again was to break new ground. His challenge was clear: Picard needed to be the man we knew and loved, but also entirely different, just as Patrick himself was 30 years after last wearing the uniform. The world of the Federation had to feel fresh and mirror many of the big issues the world faces today, issues that he wanted to face as a human and an artist, which meant interrogating an ideal to expose something more honest. He demanded truth. And in perhaps the trickiest high wire act, he wanted to reward fans with the nostalgia they would rightly demand, while subverting their expectations.&#8221;Stewart\u2019s Next Generation cast members also paid tribute, with Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) posting a photograph of the two with the caption: \u201cGodspeed, Captain.\u201dElsewhere,\u00a0Will Riker actor Jonathan Frakes released a statement that read: \u201cThere\u2019s no one on this planet that I have acted with or directed more often than my late great friend Patrick Stewart. He will be with me forever. May he rest in Peace.\u201d\u00a0Marvel Studios also paid tribute to Stewart, saying he brought Charles Xavier to life with &#8220;extraordinary grace, intelligence, and humanity, defining the character for generations of fans, from X-Men to Logan to Avengers: Doomsday.&#8221;\u201cHe was a singular talent, a generous collaborator, and a true gentleman. Our hearts go out to his wife Sunny, his children, his friends, and the countless fans around the world whose lives he touched with his art.\u201dActor Hugh Jackman, who starred alongside Stewart in the X-Men films as Logan\/Wolverine, described him as a &#8220;tremendous friend and man&#8221;. In a post on Instagram, he wrote: &#8220;We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today.&#8221;&#8221;I learned so much from him. I will miss you, Patrick Stewart, all of my days.&#8221;Rebecca Romijn, who\u00a0played Mystique in X-Men said:\u00a0&#8220;I feel so grateful to have known him for the last 25 years, and to have been in his orbit.&#8221;&#8221;He was positively delicious, hilarious, naughty, incredible sense of humour,&#8221; Romijn added, &#8220;and that booming vice of his that always spoke to the back of the room&#8230;&#8221;A particularly heartfelt tribute came from\u00a0Sir Ian McKellen, with whom Stewart shared a longtime friendship, the screen in the X-Men films, and the stage with\u00a0performances in\u00a0&#8220;Waiting for Godot&#8221; and &#8220;No Man&#8217;s Land.&#8221;McKellen\u00a0described Stewart as the &#8220;most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic&#8221;.In a statement shared on social media, McKellen described him as \u201ca man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love\u201d.The two frequently expressed their affection for each other, with McKellen officiating Stewart&#8217;s wedding in 2013.\u201cBefore everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end,\u201d McKellen wrote. \u201cYou could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues.\u201dMcKellen remembered trying to talk Stewart out of accepting the role of Jean-Luc Picard in\u00a0Star Trek,\u00a0asking: \u201cBut Patrick, think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?\u201dStewart took the part anyway. \u201cThank goodness for us all that he did,\u201d\u00a0McKellen said, going on to praise his friend who used his \u201cinternational celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes\u201d, as well as classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett.McKellen wrote that despite the US becoming his \u201cadopted home\u201d, the actor \u201cnever forsook his origins\u201d.\u201cAnd the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire,\u201d he wrote.McKellen will share the screen with Stewart one last time for his the actor&#8217;s final performance as Professor Charles Xavier in\u00a0Avengers: Doomsday, which will be released on 18 December.RIP Sir Patrick. 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