# Oh captain, our captain: Ars staff remembers Patrick Stewart

https://mins.news/en/item/123197

- Ars Technica, 2026-10-30 22:21 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/10/oh-captain-our-captain-ars-staff-remembers-patrick-stewart/

> Ars staff joined mourners worldwide for actor Patrick Stewart, best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. He died at 86, according to a statement from his representatives, after a brief journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. His family requested memorial donations to Alzheimer’s research and caregiver organizations instead of flowers.

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