Bumuhos ang pakikiramay sa pamilyang naulila ng English actor at award-winning stage and screen star na si Sir Patrick Stewart.
Binawian ng buhay si Stewart noong October 28, 2026, matapos ang pakikipaglaban niya sa Alzheimer’s disease at Lewy body dementia.
Siya ay 86.
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Kabilang sa mga naunang nagbigay-pugay sa alaala at legasiyang naiwan ni Stewart ang kanyang malapit na kaibigan at X-Men co-star na si Ian McKellen.
Si McKellen, na gumanap bilang Magneto, ang katunggali ng karakter ni Stewart na si Professor Charles Xavier o Professor X sa X-Men, ay nagbahagi ng madamdaming mensahe bilang paggunita sa ilang dekada nilang pagkakaibigan sa pamamagitan ng isang Instagram post.
Ayon kay McKellen, si Stewart ay isang taong hindi ikinahihiya ang pinagmulan at nanatiling tapat sa kanyang sarili.
Malaki raw ang naging bahagi ng Yorkshire, isang probinsiya sa hilagang England, sa paghubog ng pagkatao ni Stewart.
Makikita raw ito sa punto ng aktor at sa prangka nitong paraan ng pagpapahayag ng saloobin at nararamdaman.
Mababasa sa caption ng post ni McKellen: "Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end.
"You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt.
"Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues.
"He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love."
Muli ring inalala ni McKellen ang unang beses na nagkakilala sila ni Stewart.
Aniya, mga kabataang aktor pa lamang sila noon at kapwa miyembro ng Royal Shakespeare Company, halos 50 taon na ang nakalilipas.
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Bagamat hindi sila nagkasama sa iisang produksiyon noon, naging malapit ang kanilang pagkakaibigan sa paglipas ng panahon.
Kabilang pa sa mga alaalang hindi malilimutan ni McKellen sa malapit na kaibigan ay ang pagkakataong pinayuhan niya ito na pag-isipan nang mabuti ang pagtanggap sa papel bilang Captain Jean-Luc Picard sa science-fiction series na Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Noon kasi, nangangamba raw si McKellen na baka malayo si Stewart sa kanyang theater career sa United Kingdom kapag pinili nitong pasukin ang Hollywood.
Saad niya: "We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago, but we weren’t in the same productions.
"My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in Star Trek. 'But Patrick, think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?'.
"Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway."
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Binigyang-diin din ni McKellen ang malalim na ugnayan ni Stewart sa bayang sinilangan nito; ito'y kahit pa naging ikalawang tahanan niya ang Amerika kung saan niya nakilala ang kanyang maybahay.
Aniya, kabilang sa mga ipinagmamalaking tagumpay ni Stewart ang pagkakatalaga bilang chancellor ng University of Huddersfield sa Yorkshire.
Ipinanganak si Stewart noong July 13, 1940, sa Mirfield, Yorkshire, England.
Pahayag ni McKellen: "America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny, who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin.
"But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire."
HUGH JACKMAN: "I will miss you, Patrick Stewart, all of my days.”
Isa pa sa kasamahan nila sa X-Men star na si Hugh Jackman ang nagbigay-pugay sa alaala ni Stewart.
Si Jackman ay gumanap bilang Wolverine sa naturang film franchise.
Sa Instagram ngayong Biyernes, October 30, ibinahagi ni Jackman ang ilang larawan niyang kasama si Stewart, kalakip ang paglalarawan sa yumaong aktor bilang isang mahusay na performer at tunay na kaibigan.
“We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today. And, in my book, a tremendous friend and man. I learned so much from him,” saad ni Jackman.
Dagdag pa niya, “I will miss you, Patrick Stewart, all of my days.”
William Shatner: "Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. "
Bukod samga kasamahan niya sa X-Men, nagbigay-pugay rin kay Stewart ang ilan sa mga nakatrabaho niya sa science-fiction television series na Star Trek.
Kabilang dito ang aktor na si William Shatner, na gumanap bilang Captain James T. Kirk sa Star Trek franchise.
Sa kanyang tribute, inilarawan ni Shatner si Stewart bilang isang mabuting kaibigan, at pambihirang aktor.
Inalala rin niya ang husay ni Stewart sa pagganap, mula sa teatro hanggang sa pagiging Captain Jean-Luc Picard sa starship Enterprise.
“What a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor.
“From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did," sabi niya.
Para kay Shatner, hindi lamang naging kahanga-hangang karakter si Captain Picard kundi nagsilbi rin itong simbolo ng pinakamabubuting katangian ng isang tao.
Aniya, “Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work."
Sa huli, nagpaabot si Shatner ng pakikiramay sa asawa ni Stewart na si Sunny at sa iba pang miyembro ng kanilang pamilya.
“My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed."