Patrick Stewart and Star Trek actors' deaths

Tributes and mourning follow the deaths of Star Trek actors Patrick Stewart and Walter Koenig in the same week.

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Oct 30, 2026
Patrick Stewart died Oct. 28 at 86 at his Los Angeles home after Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia.
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Ian McKellen paid tribute to longtime friend Patrick Stewart after the actor died at 86.
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Star Trek fans mourned the deaths of actors Walter Koenig and Patrick Stewart in the same week.
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Patrick Stewart sold his Park Slope Brooklyn duplex for $3.9 million before his death.
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Patrick Stewart, Star Trek Actor, Dies Aged 86

Patrick Stewart died Oct. 28, 2026, at 86 at his Los Angeles home after Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia, his family said. He was Star Trek's Picard and X-Men's Professor X.

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Tributes pour in after Patrick Stewart dies at 86

Ian McKellen paid tribute to longtime friend Patrick Stewart after the actor died at 86, recalling their nearly 50-year friendship, their work together onstage and in the X-Men films, and Stewart’s Yorkshire roots. McKellen also remembered advising Stewart against taking the Star Trek role, a decision that led to one of his most celebrated performances as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

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Patrick Stewart sold Brooklyn duplex for $3.9 million before death

Patrick Stewart, who died at 86, quietly sold his longtime Park Slope, Brooklyn, home for $3.9 million in July 2025, a year after selling the duplex he bought in 2012. He was remembered not only for his acting but as a warm, engaged neighbor who embraced the community.

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Star Trek actors Walter Koenig and Patrick Stewart die at 90 and 86

Star Trek fans are mourning the deaths of actors Walter Koenig, who played Chekov, and Patrick Stewart, best known as Captain Picard, in the same week. Their work helped shape a franchise celebrated for its enduring cultural influence and hopeful vision of the future.

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