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To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere
Source: The Guardian · Published
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.…
Key points
- 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.…
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