Adam West, TVs Batman, Dies at 88
Source: Variety
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 leukemia.
Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight, and aspired to make a positive impact on his fans lives. He was and always will be our hero, his family said in a statement.
Read more: http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/adam-west-dead-dies-batman-1202461532/
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)hlthe2b
(102,200 posts)RIP, Mr. West. I'll remember you fondly.
kimbutgar
(21,111 posts)I wrote him a letter and got back a signed picture from him. I thought he was so handsome.
RIP Adam West.
Skittles
(153,140 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,045 posts)That's sad news...
AllaN01Bear
(18,119 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)'Robinson Crusoe on Mars' 1964, was pre-Batman. That's when as a kid I watched in fascination and could remember his line about urine being too salty while searching for water.
I was only 9 and it was weird at my age to hear that. I really liked the movie!
How did Jared Kushner get into the picture?
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(9,967 posts)sarisataka
(18,570 posts)I will dance the Batusi in your honor
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,379 posts)"Buono made his first network TV appearance playing the bearded poet Bongo Benny in an episode of 77 Sunset Strip."
Roger Smith of that series died a few days back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Smith_(actor)
"Buono played the villain King Tut on the television series Batman. A Jekyll-and-Hyde character, William McElroy is a timid Yale professor of Egyptology who, after being hit in the head with a brick at a peace rally, assumes the persona of the charismatic, monomaniacal Egyptian King Tut. When he suffers another blow to the head, the villain recovers his meek academic personality. The role, which proved to be the most frequently featured original villain in the series, was one of Buono's favorites because he was delighted at being able to overact without restraint.
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"Buono was unusual among gay performers of his era by openly living together with same-sex partners, although he was not flamboyant about his lifestyle and referred to himself as a "conscientious objector" in the "morality revolution" of the 1960s."
irisblue
(32,961 posts)My sister & I would race to clean the kitchen & wash dishes, put them away so we could watch that show, and when the Green Hornet did the crossovers was just too cool for dealing with.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Wholly sad, Batman.
RIP
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)RIP
LuvNewcastle
(16,843 posts)He had some of the best lines on the show.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Him in real life. Sort of out there. He did have great lines on Family Guy . He will be missed.
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,748 posts)That was one of my favorite shows in the '60s when I was little.
What a bummer.
R.I.P. and BAM! POW! back atcha!
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)exboyfil
(17,862 posts)I have never seen that.
gademocrat7
(10,653 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)CrispyQ
(36,446 posts)RIP, Mr. West. You touched a lot of lives!
edhopper
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hexola
(4,835 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,444 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)underpants
(182,736 posts)Coventina
(27,093 posts)Was a big fan when I was a kid, before I knew what "camp" was.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,583 posts)Lee Meriwether, Eartha Kitt, or Julie Newmar.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)By a whisker. She was purrrrrrrfect.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts). . .as the "Gray Ghost"
Gray Ghost - Adam West
Batman - Kevin Conroy
edbermac
(15,937 posts)I could never figure that out.
RIP
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,379 posts)Lunabell
(6,078 posts)The original and only Batman for me.
jpak
(41,757 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)the movie a number of times. Sometimes just to see the part where he looks at the camera and says, "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."