Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men Star, Dies at 86

In news that will be felt in many corners of the pop culture universe, Patrick Stewart’s family has announced that the great actor of stage, film, and television has died.In a post to Stewart’s Instagram account they wrote: “We announce with great sorrow the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, in the loving care of his beloved wife Sunny, following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lew Body Dementia.”Stewart was 86 years old.READ MORE: Every X-Men Movie Ranked From Worst to BestBorn in England in 1940, Stewart was an acclaimed Shakespearean actor long before he found the roles for which he became internationally famous. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 and was knighted for his outstanding work as an actor in 2010 by Queen Elizabeth. At that time, he said he owed “literally everything” to an English teacher named Cecil Dormand who had encouraged him to become a performer. ("Although many people in my life have had great influence on me, without this man none of it would have happened,” he added.)Over the years, he appeared on stage in England in America in productions ranging from The Tempest to A Christmas Caro...