Saturday Night Live pays tribute to Patrick Stewart

The show aired a clip of Stewart hosting in 1994 and introducing musical guests Salt-N-Pepa. The actor died on Oct 28 at his home in Los Angeles, at 86.

Tributes

Marvel Studios, which releases his last film, Doomsday, in December, said it was heartbroken. His X-Men co-stars Hugh Jackman and Famke Janssen also paid tribute.

“I can’t imagine ever officially ‘retiring.’ I’ll always and forever be an actor.”

— Patrick Stewart, in July