Sir Patrick Stewart Has Died at 86. For LGBTQ+ Fans, He Was Picard, Professor X and a Friend Who Showed Up
The Star Trek and X-Men actor died at home in Los Angeles on Wednesday after Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. He called supporting gay rights 'a natural and uncomplicated choice', and Ian McKellen, who married him to his wife Sunny, has written that he loved him.