{"id":671516,"date":"2026-11-01T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671516\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T06:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:46:10","slug":"snl-pays-tribute-to-patrick-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671516\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; Pays Tribute To Patrick Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs the world mourns <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/patrick-stewart\/\" id=\"auto-tag_patrick-stewart\" data-tag=\"patrick-stewart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Stewart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saturday-night-live\" data-tag=\"saturday-night-live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> paid tribute to the late former host on this weekend\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBefore the goodnights, the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc\" data-tag=\"nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a> sketch comedy show played an archive clip of the three-time Oscar nominee introducing musical guest Salt-N-Pepa during a 1994 episode, in addition to sharing one of his promo photos from his appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStewart\u2019s rep announced that the X-Men and Star Trek: The Next Generation actor <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/patrick-stewart-dead-1237208580\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">died at age 86<\/a> on Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, with wife Sunny Ozell by his side.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/patrick-stewart-dead-1237208580\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Sir-Patrick-Stewart.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Stewart dead; obituary\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/inde-navarrette-snl-debut-shane-gillis-quip-little-whore-outfit-1237210738\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-8.39.49-PM.png\" alt=\"Inde Navarrette on 'Saturday Night Live'\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWe announce with great sorrow the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, in the loving care of his beloved wife Sunny, following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia,\u201d the statement reads. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cHe 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,\u201d they added. \u201cWe will forever cherish the peaceful ease and reflection on his face, an enduring reminder of his invincible grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn addition to marking Navarrette\u2019s first time hosting Saturday Night Live, this weekend\u2019s episode also served as Gracie Abrams\u2019 second time as musical guest after her 2024 debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the world mourns Patrick Stewart, Saturday Night Live paid tribute to the late former host on this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,9057,105412,5195,15824,282],"class_list":["post-671516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nbc","tag-patrick-stewart","tag-saturday-night-live","tag-snl","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}