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Patrick Stewart attends New York Magazine's Vulture Festival LA at Goya Studios on November 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California (Getty Images for Vox Media)

Patrick Stewart will appear posthumously in a Marvel film, reprising his X-Men role as Professor Charles Xavier in Avengers: Doomsday , which is scheduled to release in theaters on December 18, 2026.

Stewart died at age 86 on Wednesday in California after “a brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia, his spokesperson said.

Stewart was known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the 1987 hit Star Trek: The Next Generation and later as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men movie franchise.

“All of us at Marvel Studios are deeply saddened by the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart.…