Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart die at age 86 afta battle wit Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia

Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart don die at di age of 86.

Sir Stewart die for im home for Los Angeles on Wednesday, 28 October, afta brief battle wit Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia, di actor Instagram account announce on Thursday, 29 October.

Dem say e bin dey "in di loving care of im beloved wife Sunny".

Patrick Stewart career bin include some roles im bin act wit Royal Shakespeare Company, alongside appearances for di big screen for feems like X-Men, and im famous character of Captain Jean-Luc Picard for Star Trek.

Im bin play di space captain for ova 170 episodes of di sci-fi television series between 1987 and 1994.

Stewart bin also act for four feature feems bifor im return for Star Trek: Picard from 2020 to 2023.

Life and times of Sir Patrick Stewart

Dem born Sir Patrick Stewart for 13 July 1940 for Mirfield, Yorkshire, England. And e join Royal Shakespeare Company bifor e appear on Broadway. E get seventy years career for feems and television.

Im mama Gladys na textile worker. She bin dey active for amateur dramatics and encourage her three sons to take part.

Stewart papa na former Sergeant Major for di Parachute Regiment wey im experience during di wartime evacuation of Dunkirk bin affect im mental health.

"My papa na veri potent individual," Stewart tok. "Dem say wen e waka to di parade ground, birds go stop to dey sing."

Sir Stewart bin play di space captain for ova 170 episodes of di sci-fi television series between 1987 and 1994, and in four feature feems bifor e return for Star Trek: Picard from 2020 to 2023.

Im bin wan bring back im role as Professor Charles Xavier, from di X-Men feems, for di forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday wey dem suppose release for December 2026.

BBC Culture Correspondent Noor Nanji write say Sir Stewart bin appeal to different generations sake of im roles for multi-generational franchises.

Younger sci-fi and comic book fans go don discova im work on streaming platforms.

For 2019, im bin act for one modern-day Merlin, wey bring di famous tale to new audiences.

And one of di tins wey im go dey remembered for na im encouragement for young artists, as e dey ginger dem to "dey brave" and trust odas.

"If I bin do am earlier for my life, maybe evritin for don change," im bin tell Esquire few years ago.

Tributes don begin pour in for di actor as im fans and pipo wey im bin work wit dey remember am.

Di veteran star bin win new fans as im act as Professor Charles Xavier for blockbuster feems like X-Men and Avengers: Doomsday.

Marvel post on X shortly afta dem confam di tori of Sir Patrick death.

"All of us for Marvel Studios dey deeply saddened by di passing of Sir Patrick Stewart. Sir Patrick bin bring Professor Charles Xavier to life wit extraordinary grace, intelligence, and humanity, defining di character for generations of fans, from X-Men to Logan to Avengers: Doomsday.

"Im be singular talent, generous collaborator, and true gentleman. Our hearts go out to im wife Sunny, im children, im friends, and di countless fans around di world wey im touch dia lives wit im art."

Wetin be Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia?

Alzheimer's Disease na type of dementia wey dey affect memory, tinkin and behaviour, according to Alzheimer's Association.

Symptoms dey eventually dey serious enough to interfere wit daily tasks.

Alzheimer's Disease na di most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and oda cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere wit daily life. Alzheimer's Disease dey account for 60-80% of dementia cases.

Alzheimer's Disease no be normal part of aging. Di greatest known risk factor na increasing age, and di majority of pipo wit Alzheimer's Disease na 65 and older. Alzheimer's Disease dey considered to be younger-onset Alzheimer's if e affects pesin under 65 years. Younger-onset fit also dey referred to as early-onset Alzheimer's. Pipo wit younger-onset Alzheimer's fit dey for di early, middle or late stage of di disease.

Alzheimer's Disease no get cure but treatment fit reduce cognitive and functional decline in pipo wey dey live wit early Alzheimer's.

Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) na brain disorder wey fit lead to problems wit tinkin, movement, behaviour, and mood, according to Alzheimers.gov.

Visual hallucinations, or to dey see tins wey no dey dia na common symptom, and tend to happun early on.

Cure no dey for am, but treatments fit help wit some of di symptoms. Treatment plan fit involve medications, physical and oda types of therapy, and counselling.

Changes to make di home safer, equipment to make evriday tasks easier, and social support also dey important.