Patrick Stewart, the famous British film and theater actor, has died.

Patrick Stewart, the famous British film and theater actor, has died.

Patrick Stewart, the British actor who became famous worldwide when he played the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the science fiction series "Star Trek" and Professor Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" films, has died at the age of 86.

Reuters reported on Thursday, November 7 that the actor died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles.

According to a statement posted on his X social network user account, Stewart died with his wife, Sonny Ozell, after a brief bout of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Born on July 13, 1940 in Yorkshire, England, Stewart began acting at the age of 18 and became a well-known actor in the British theater in the 1960s as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. However, his worldwide fame began in 1987 when he played the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation; The role was given to him at the age of 47 and he played it for seven seasons and 176 episodes.

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