The death was reported by three publications. The Times of India said it was based on a family statement, while the South China Morning Post cited spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak. The available reports do not specify an exact time or a more precise location within Los Angeles.
Stewart was best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise. Those roles placed him at the centre of two major screen series while drawing on a career that the Times of India described as spanning six decades across theatre, television and cinema.
His work was also associated with the contrast between classical stage acting and major science-fiction and superhero productions. The supplied accounts identify his stage background and his leading roles, but do not provide a fuller chronology of his other performances or career milestones.
The reports said Stewart had been living with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. The South China Morning Post attributed that account, as well as its report of his death, to Bush Novak, while the Times of India linked its account to a family statement.
The available evidence does not establish a medical cause of death. It confirms that Stewart died in Los Angeles at 86 and documents the roles and career for which he was widely known, while leaving the precise timing and location details unspecified.