Two major cast losses hit Star Trek universe

Two major cast losses hit Star Trek universe8 publishers · first seen Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC · updated Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:24 UTCPatrick Stewart, who began playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 1987, died on Thursday, adding to a week of loss for the Star Trek community after Walter Koenig, who portrayed Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original series during the 1960s, died on Sunday at age 90.William Shatner, the remaining living actor from the original cast who played Captain James T. Kirk from 1966 to 1969, said the week was heartbreaking; he noted that only Shatner and George Takei remain alive after the earlier death of Leonard Nimoy in 2015.Content auto-generated. May contain inaccuracies.