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To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere

EntertainmentBy Stuart HeritageOct 30, 2026, 12:27 PM
To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere
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PUBLISHEDOct 30, 2026, 12:27 PM
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The actor was an exemplary bald star, embracing his hair loss and the freedoms it brought. He didn’t go grey or recede – and he didn’t wear a wig like William Shatner as Captain Kirk Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor and acclaimed thespian, dies aged 86 Patrick Stewart managed to be lots of different things at once.

He was a towering figure on stage. He was a literal superhero onscreen. And, at times, he wasn’t above sending himself up. It also needs to be said that he was a bald man. And a pioneering one at that. Nowhere was this more clear than during his stint on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Previously, Star Trek had been a kind of space-set action show, where the…

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