Sir Patrick Stewart discusses his love of Shakespeare in the final appearance he made before his death at 86.

The classically-trained British actor, best known for his work on Star Trek and in the X-Men movies, recorded an album of the Bard’s complete sonnets and was filmed promoting it on his Instagram account in April and May of this year.

The English actor died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles after a “brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia,” his longtime spokesperson announced Thursday.