SNL Pays Tribute to Late Patrick Stewart Following His Death

Saturday Night Live paid tribute to the late Patrick Stewart following his death at age 86 last week.

The NBC sketch comedy show reaired a brief clip from Stewart’s February 5, 1994, hosting stint, in which he enthusiastically introduced that night’s musical guests, Salt-N-Pepa. Clips of Stewart’s two SNL musical introductions have gone viral in recent years due to his high-energy delivery.

SNL also flashed a title card on screen in Stewart’s memory during Saturday’s show, including one of the bumper promo photos that he shot during the week he hosted in 1994.

The entertainment world has come together over the last few days to share their love and respect for Stewart, following the Thursday, October 29, announcement that he’d died one day earlier following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

“[Patrick experienced] a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia,” his longtime spokesperson, Kelly Bush Novak, confirmed. “He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all.”

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