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Legendary Batman Actor Adam West Has Died

For many fans, actor Adam West was and will always be Batman. And it's with a heavy heart that we report that West has died at the age of 88. He died peacefully with his family and is survived by his wife Marcelle, six children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The actor began his career in 1954 appearing on the Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse under the credit of Will West. He went on to play Doc Holiday in multiple series, appeared in 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, Bonanza and The Rifleman before getting a regular role on The Detectives in 1962. He went back to guest starring on various shows until 1966 when he landed the role of Bruce Wayne / Batman in the Greenway adaptation of the DC Comic. The series made him a household name, but when it was cancelled in 1968, West found himself typecast and back to doing guest appearances and voice work. He continued to work regularly, more recently joining the cast of Family Guy as the Mayor and reprising his role of Batman in two animated features – Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader and the upcoming Batman vs Two-Face. He's also appeared on Big Bang Theory and was involved in the short lived DCTV series Powerless.

West was a regular on the convention circuit and beloved by fans. A 2012 documentary entitled Starring Adam West ended with the actor receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The actor posed for a publicity photo in front of a lear jet with a woman who he would later marry in 1970. Both he and Marcelle had two children from previous marriages and would go on two have two more together.

West was comic book royalty, an actor who got what it was to be part of the pop culture community and will be greatly missed by fans all around the world.

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