Starship Enterprise

Our humanitarian Captain Jean-Luc Picard, he has left us for new adventures among the stars and entering the unknown.

My memories of this actor are of my dad and me watching the new generation and wanting my own starship enterprise, or maybe my uncle and aunt, word of prey.

I don't know where I would have kept it.

Our bases don't exactly grow on trees.

A son of Mirfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, he traveled from the Royal Shakespeare Company to an equally acclaimed career spanning six decades on Broadway, the silver screen, and television.

His sonorous voice and singular talent will forever be synonymous with indelible performances in every genre.

He explored the human condition in all its poetic complexity and brought hope not only to the far reaches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but into science fiction's most iconic final frontier aboard the Starship Enterprise.

His professional accomplishments were humbly matched by his philanthropy and activism on behalf of human rights, survivors of domestic violence, global refugees, veterans' mental health services and animal welfare, particularly his cherished foster pities.

This is a man who bridged so many seemingly incompatible worlds.

He was as respected performing Shakespeare on the London stage as he was sitting in the captain's chair of the Starship Enterprise.

Or in the high-tech wheelchair at the X-Mansion.

He had such incredible range.

He played Professor X in the X-Men franchise, and John Luke...

Picard, captain of the Starship USS Enterprise, on the show Star Trek The Next Generation and his later spin-off Picard.

Although he was beloved for playing compassionate father figures who united families of misfits, Stewart's own upbringing in Yorkshire, England was harsh.

He remembered his father as alcoholic and abusive.

And it introduced me to the idea that even sci-fi and fictional characters and stories can make a big influence in how you run a business and how you live your life.

And for me, I took many lessons away from Captain Picard's ability to lead the Starship Enterprise and its crew.

The Ready Room.

In stark contrast to Captain Kirk, Picard was able to bring his officers to prepare for the next mission on hand.

My father collected every VHS of Star Trek TNG, and anytime the show was on reruns on TV, it was me, my brother, and my dad watching it together, talking about the topics in the show, the science, the humanity.

The challenges, the characters.

Our family wouldn't be the same without Patrick Stewart leading the Starship Enterprise.

I mean, while the three of us were heavy Star Trek fans, my mom, I think, really loved the show because of Patrick Stewart.

And you know who I'm talking about passed away this week, Sir Patrick Stewart, legendary British actor.

What a great guy he was, best known for his role as Starship Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the Starship Enterprise.

That was in 1987 when he took over that role, would you believe? And that was in The Next Generation.

Now, he called his Star Trek experience a life-transforming, unexpected blessing.

I know is that this pint is pronounced Guinness and it's fucking tasty.

Phone the Starship Enterprise and ask them.

Is it data or data? Well, I mean, he's Mr.

Data, isn't he? On

Yeah.

But to the broader world, he will forever be Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise.

The dignity he brought to that role was unmatched.

He didn't play Picard as an action hero.

I got up at 5 o'clock and I said, might as well just get up and have some coffee and do some research.

And bam, first thing that pops up, Patrick Stewart, Jean-Luc Picard from the Starship Enterprise passed away at 86.

So I would ask to pray for his family.

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