The star said that he enjoyed his visit 'immensely'

Last updated: October 30, 2026 | 09:47

The actor died on Wednesday. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Patrick Stewart , the Yorkshire-born Shakespearean who became Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier, has died at 86. His family said he died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, in the care of his wife Sunny Ozell, after a short illness with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

Tributes have come in from Hollywood, from the bridge of the Enterprise and from the X-Mansion. In the Emirates, the news lands a little differently. On a few brief visits, the captain came ashore, and he fell quite openly for the UAE.

There was a gala beneath the world’s tallest tower and a roaring red carpet beside the waterways of Madinat Jumeirah. There was a day of wonder under a floating dome in Abu Dhabi.…