RIP Sir Patrick Stewart (1940-2026).

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    15 days ago

    Just proves to me that Bill Shatner is sucking the life force out of all his co stars to live longer. Very on brand for him.

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      14 days ago

      He’s only 9 years older than Patrick Stewart, apparently. I view TOS and TNG as very distant from each other, but they were only 18 years apart.

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        14 days ago

        But at age 90, it’s something like a 1 in 4 chance you’ll die every year. So, even if he’s only 9 years older than Stewart, the odds of him outliving Stewart would have been pretty low, all other things being equal.

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        14 days ago

        Its more that he has out lasted the TOS crew. If he goes after George then I know for sure some dark arts are a foot.

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        14 days ago

        It is crazy how TNG feels much more recent.

        Somewhat related, it’s also crazy that Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien on TNG) played Soon-Lee on MASH (the woman who marries Klinger). MASH and TNG feel absolutely eons apart, but in real life they were within ≈4 years of each other.