{"id":"1793303917146-news-show_open","slug":"patrick-stewart-dies-at-86","title":"Patrick Stewart Dies at 86","summary":"Sir Patrick Stewart died on October 28, 2026, at age 86.","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T19:58:37.146Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"Washington","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Sir Patrick Stewart died on October 28, 2026, at age 86.\nSource: [wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PatrickStewart) (https://x.com/BNONews/status/2115893878163165597)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Sir Patrick Stewart died on October 28, 2026, at age 86.","sourceName":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PatrickStewart)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/BNONews/status/2115893878163165597","claim":"BREAKING: Patrick Stewart, best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Charles Xavier in X-Men, has died at 86","author":"BNO News (@BNONews)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/BNONews/status/2115893878163165597","name":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PatrickStewart)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"BNO News (@BNONews)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793303917146-news-show_open-patrick-stewart-dies-at-86","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793303917146-news-show_open-patrick-stewart-dies-at-86","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793303917146-news-show_open-patrick-stewart-dies-at-86 and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"This is Oncast, live from Washington, and we start with the passing of a legend. Patrick Stewart has died at 86."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The man who played Captain Picard and Professor Xavier. Eighty-six years old, and the news is still coming in."},{"host":"Brian","text":"BNO News broke it about eight minutes ago. A second post from his family says he had Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia, but that detail isn't confirmed yet. Earlier reporting pointed to Parkinson's."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Either way, an extraordinary career. Shakespeare on stage for decades, then Star Trek made him a household name, then a whole new generation knew him as Xavier."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And he kept working into his eighties. The word \"icon\" gets overused. Not here."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Meanwhile in politics, Fox News is reporting that VP Vance is firing back at former President Obama over a Cheesecake Factory jab."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Vance says Obama is \"super elitist\" and out of touch. I need to hear what the Cheesecake Factory jab actually was."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We don't have the exact quote confirmed yet, but the exchange is getting attention."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The optics: a guy who wrote a book about the white working class versus a former president accused of looking down on chain restaurants. It's a small story, but it's the exact fight both parties want right now."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Cheesecake Factory is somehow the battlefield. What a time."}]}