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Iconic actor Patrick Stewart, known for "Star Trek" and "X-Men" roles, has died at age 86. He had a short journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia.

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00:00I believe you've already met Dr. Jean Grey.
00:03You're in my school for the gifted, for mutants.
00:06You'll be safe here from Magneto.
00:09His family statement is extraordinary.
00:11He passed in loving care of his beloved wife, Sunny,
00:14following a brief and pinging journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
00:21He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends,
00:24surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter,
00:27and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire
00:30after a lifetime of devotion to us all.
00:33They describe the peaceful ease and reflection on his face,
00:37an enduring reminder of his invincible grace.
00:45It was an unlooked for, an unexpected honor,
00:48and I'm still somewhat bemused by the fact that I've now joined that very distinguished company.
00:55You're taking up far too much time here.
00:58This is the other part of my life.
00:59Sir Patrick, how are you, dear?
01:01Sir Ian, I'm very well. All the better for seeing you.
01:04From the Royal Shakespeare Company to six decades on Broadway, film, and television,
01:09he took over the enterprise in 1987 and made Picard the moral center of a franchise,
01:15then became Professor X for a whole generation.
01:18Two Oliver Awards, a Grammy, and a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth in 2010.
01:24I'm sitting here in front of you, a European audience,
01:29with a sense of embarrassment and shame
01:33that the country of which I am a citizen
01:36has elected to leave the European Union.
01:43The world has lost a giant of the stage on the screen.
01:46Sir Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Professor Charles Xavier,
01:51and one of the greatest Shakespeareans of his generation.
01:54The son of a Yorkshire mill town, he was handed a copy of Shakespeare by a teacher
01:59who told him to stand up and perform and never stop.
02:03The statement closed with his own words from his memoir.
02:06Like me, Jean-Luc has lived an unusual life
02:10and has taken him for far beyond the bounds of normal human experience.
02:14In the end, he feels the call of home, as do I.
02:19In lieu of flowers, his family is asking for donations
02:21to the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Fund
02:24and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America's Caregivers' Resources.
02:29He is survived by his wife, singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell,
02:33and his two children.
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