Patrick Stewart, actor: “There’s nothing more fun than being at a dinner party in Beverly Hills, surrounded by elegant people, and telling them you’re a socialist”
The performer died this Thursday, October 29, at the age of 86
P atrick Stewart , an actor recognized for playing Professor X in ‘X-Men’ and Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ‘Star Trek’, died at the age of 86 this past Thursday, October 29. The actor’s death occurred after battling Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
The death was announced through the British actor’s own social media. It was reported that “he was surrounded by the warm embrace of his family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayers, tears, laughter, and that deep emotion that only he was capable of inspiring, after a lifetime of devotion to all of us”.
Now that only his memory remains, many users have shared some of his most striking reflections. Whenever he has had the opportunity, Stewart has defined himself as a “socialist.” On Jimmy Kimmel’s show, he opened up and explained the reasons that led him to have this political leaning. The origin, according to his account, came when he was barely five years old, after the Second World War.
Patrick Stewart, on his view of socialism in the United States: “It’s a lot of fun”
“My first act of civil disobedience took place when I was five years old, during the general election held in 1945, after the Second World War. To everyone’s surprise, Winston Churchill lost the election and Clement Attlee came to power. Since then, I have been a man of the left” , he said.
In addition, he shared an anecdote that sparked the audience’s laughter: “This political leaning can sometimes cause one problem or another in the United States, but it has also given me some very amusing moments. There is nothing like sitting down at the table at a dinner in Beverly Hills, surrounded by elegant and distinguished guests, and announcing to them that one is a socialist. The reaction is usually priceless”.
