Between the lines he delivered as Jean-Luc Picard and Professor X - even if they were written by someone else - they shaped my worldview.

The perspectives he spoke in my formative years on the human condition and being a singular representation of true leadership are hallmark examples that I strive for. I know he was acting - it doesn't matter, it's aspirational.

His love for life, all life; transcended the screen, as evidenced by his hijinks in recent memory with another anointed knight - Sir Ian McKellen.

We are richer for knowing him and poorer for having lost him...