Sad news with the 'original' batman Adam West passing today aged 88.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...8/news-story/136b76162142b41360dc107e1f48d3a3
ADAM West — an actor defined and also constrained by his role in the 1960s series “Batman” — died Friday night in Los Angeles. He was 88.
A rep said that he died after a short battle with leukaemia.
http://www.news.com.au/world/breaki...8/news-story/95d83904c82ff70cfc4c23451ab9587a
Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck donned Batman's cape in a stream of Hollywood blockbusters, there was Adam West.
West's deadpan portrayal of the comic hero in a campy 1960's TV series brought the Caped Crusader into the national consciousness with a "bang!" The Dark Knight had been a brooding presence on the pages of comic books since 1939 and on the big screen in 1940s-era movie serials.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...8/news-story/136b76162142b41360dc107e1f48d3a3
ADAM West — an actor defined and also constrained by his role in the 1960s series “Batman” — died Friday night in Los Angeles. He was 88.
A rep said that he died after a short battle with leukaemia.
http://www.news.com.au/world/breaki...8/news-story/95d83904c82ff70cfc4c23451ab9587a
Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck donned Batman's cape in a stream of Hollywood blockbusters, there was Adam West.
West's deadpan portrayal of the comic hero in a campy 1960's TV series brought the Caped Crusader into the national consciousness with a "bang!" The Dark Knight had been a brooding presence on the pages of comic books since 1939 and on the big screen in 1940s-era movie serials.
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