Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men star with Vancouver ties, dies at 86

Vancouver Sun29 October 2026, 22:42 UTCCanada

The acclaimed British stage and screen actor filmed two X-Men movies in Vancouver and even enjoyed an artist-in-residence stay at Simon Fraser University back in 1977

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