# Patrick Stewart dead at 86 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 29, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245 "2026-10-29T19:49:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/1 "2026-10-29T19:49:23Z")
[This year has been horrible for celebrity deaths.](https://www.tmz.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/2 "2026-10-29T19:52:43Z")
Make it not so. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/3 "2026-10-29T19:53:39Z")
I follow Stewart’s official account on Facebook, and saw the announcement there a few minutes ago, but I was waiting to see confirmation. One of my very favorite actors, and one of my very favorite celebrities, for his kindness and humanity, as well as for his acting work. From the Facebook post: [![](https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/878184573_1684927753001610_805441559758731878_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1434x1796&ctp=s1434x1796&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=ySWQz_TzVFEQ7kNvwGOUNzb&_nc_oc=Adr66fQGOFOPCPTaz00boncPNsMo9Iz2AkN1R7ga00kzM0jafLMirNUn9dAUX-n2sAl3RljqndoFo3bRNT8qCOqq&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&_nc_gid=196yquvCETD-HPBQYw7Jag&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQSX4BFzJJo0PSAMSisCPaqCkLCHgE0Z8BxM0OciHY9rlQ&oe=6AE97C20) ](https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/878184573_1684927753001610_805441559758731878_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1434x1796&ctp=s1434x1796&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=ySWQz_TzVFEQ7kNvwGOUNzb&_nc_oc=Adr66fQGOFOPCPTaz00boncPNsMo9Iz2AkN1R7ga00kzM0jafLMirNUn9dAUX-n2sAl3RljqndoFo3bRNT8qCOqq&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&_nc_gid=196yquvCETD-HPBQYw7Jag&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQSX4BFzJJo0PSAMSisCPaqCkLCHgE0Z8BxM0OciHY9rlQ&oe=6AE97C20) [![](https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/867444286_1684927756334943_4685294573106405880_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1436x1796&ctp=s1436x1796&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=C5rt0yTv5P4Q7kNvwFFe1Q-&_nc_oc=AdqoMdZaTN-6CxKUctn4-z-DbeIx7ysiSg_xf0PeG0DBCXlQi4QLmP8yde2hTYLaYtzOYCkzEzfPNTtdNXg4RMDe&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&_nc_gid=VRyYKOmIOtCLPpmGEJZrxA&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQQ4iDQ4DO4MN8t1Q5rKsAGVNSx1VkS8ujnAjQfGs1ZP1A&oe=6AE9693A) ](https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/867444286_1684927756334943_4685294573106405880_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1436x1796&ctp=s1436x1796&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=C5rt0yTv5P4Q7kNvwFFe1Q-&_nc_oc=AdqoMdZaTN-6CxKUctn4-z-DbeIx7ysiSg_xf0PeG0DBCXlQi4QLmP8yde2hTYLaYtzOYCkzEzfPNTtdNXg4RMDe&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&_nc_gid=VRyYKOmIOtCLPpmGEJZrxA&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQQ4iDQ4DO4MN8t1Q5rKsAGVNSx1VkS8ujnAjQfGs1ZP1A&oe=6AE9693A) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/4 "2026-10-29T19:54:53Z")
Can’t Q bring him back? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/5 "2026-10-29T19:55:45Z")
Wow two Star Trek actors in the same week. Brian “Tea,Earl Gray,hot” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/6 "2026-10-29T19:56:27Z")
Complications from Alzheimers and Lewy Body dementia. Lewy Body dementia is what Robin Williams had. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/7 "2026-10-29T20:00:54Z")
Stewart is, I believe, the first of TNG’s main cast to pass away. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/8 "2026-10-29T20:00:55Z")
Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body dementia; both horrible diseases. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/9 "2026-10-29T20:05:07Z")
I personally refuse to accept the reality of his passing. This hurts too much for me. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/10 "2026-10-29T20:08:30Z")
Uggh, awful news. I’m not sure if there’s a celebrity whose death would make me sadder. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/11 "2026-10-29T20:10:28Z")
Sad, but probably better now than later considering what they say he had. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/12 "2026-10-29T20:12:12Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m not sure if there’s a celebrity whose death would make me sadder. Harrison Ford dying is going to absolutely fuck me up. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/13 "2026-10-29T20:15:21Z")
So sad. One of my favorite actors. I will miss him. RIP ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/14 "2026-10-29T20:16:40Z")
- [Leondegrance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/characters/nm0001772/?ref_=tt_cst_c_14), Guenevere’s Dad in Excalibur. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Uggh, awful news. I’m not sure if there’s a celebrity whose death would make me sadder. For me it was Nimoy. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/15 "2026-10-29T20:21:36Z")
Yes please have Q bring him back! 😢 I will always remember how he talked on _Wait Wait don’t tell me_, about watching Galaxy Quest after initially not wanting to and admitting he laughed more than anyone else in the theater. There was also an interview I saw with Johnathan Frakes where he talked about directing him which was nice: [https://youtu.be/WMuPLrgYTnU?si=nqL3I1bsRRc7\_NML](https://youtu.be/WMuPLrgYTnU?si=nqL3I1bsRRc7_NML) Sadness all around 8[ `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/16 "2026-10-29T20:21:44Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > - [Leondegrance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/characters/nm0001772/?ref_=tt_cst_c_14), Guenevere’s Dad in Excalibur. I told my wife that this was the first thing I ever saw Stewart in, and he has been a part of my life since then, appearing in so many things that I’ve been a fan of. The next thing would have been _Dune_, then of course ST:TNG. Then countless other things. Just always elevating everything he has ever been in. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/17 "2026-10-29T20:25:21Z")
What a legend, and what a terrible loss. Aside from his incredible body of work, I will always remember [this video of him](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BV1Ba1zuhc) (supposedly high) demonstrating the rare “quadruple take.” 😄 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/18 "2026-10-29T20:25:27Z")
He just recently did _Sheep Detectives_. That seems like a fast downhill slide. Such a shock. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/19 "2026-10-29T20:27:37Z")
For me, one of his best roles was as Sejanus in the TV series “I, Claudius”. But he was awesome in everything he did. And he never got to play Spider Jerusalem ☹ ☹ ☹ 😢 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/20 "2026-10-29T20:29:12Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > He just recently did _Sheep Detectives_. That seems like a fast downhill slide. I’d followed his official page on Facebook for years, and he frequently posted things there – I particularly enjoyed things that he and Ian McKellan shared together, as they were clearly very good friends. When I went back and looked at Stewart’s account just now, I see that his last post, prior to the announcement of his passing, was in April. So, yeah, very fast. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245.md?page=2)