Patrick Stewart has died after a “brief” journey with dementia. Is this common?

On Thursday, the world learned via an Instagram post that Patrick Stewart had died the day before “following a brief and harrowing journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.”

A few months earlier, the award-winning British actor, known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and his work in Shakespearean theater, said in an interview with TV Insider: “I can’t imagine ever officially ‘retiring.’ I will always and forever be an actor.

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