SHOWBIZ Stewart's decades-long career brought theatrical depth and compassion to two of science fiction and superhero cinema's most enduring characters. Patrick Stewart, legendary Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies aged 86 Newsroom Patrick Stewart, the distinguished British actor whose career spanned classical theatre, science fiction and superhero cinema, has died at the age of 86. READ MORE
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![A man rides a bicycle past a Civil Defense vehicle in Akrotiri village, located near RAF Akrotiri, a British sovereign base in Cyprus that was hit by a drone early Monday. [Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters]](assets/modules/wnp/articles/202603/27746/images/s_akrotiri_village.jpg)
