By Karim Hammam
Sir Patrick Stewart, the Emmy-winning actor known for Star Trek and X-Men, died Wednesday at 86 in Los Angeles after a brief battle with Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia, his spokesperson announced Thursday.
Early TV clip resurfaces
Following his death, a clip from his television debut in a 1967 episode of the British soap opera Coronation Street resurfaced, showing Stewart as a fire brigade officer.
Career highlights
Stewart rose to fame as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and later portrayed Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film franchise.
