Stan Lee, Marvel Comics' Real-Life Superhero, Dies at 95

Stan Lee, birth name Stanley Martin Lieber  who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes has died. He died Nov. 12 at age  95.
Born December 28, 1922  Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.

As a writer / editor, Lee was key to the ascension of Marvel into a comic book, titan, in the 1960s. His creations included web-slinging teenager Spider-Man, the muscle-bound Hulk, mutant outsiders, The X-Men, the close-knit Fantastic Four and the playboy-inventor Tony Stark, better known as Iron Man.

Dozens of Marvel Comic movies, with nearly all the major characters Lee created, were produced in the first decades of the 21st century.

He then, in collaboration with artists such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, created superheroes who would enthrall generations of young readers.

When interviewed on monday his daughter said ,

“He felt an obligation to his fans to keep creating.

“He loved his life and he loved what he did for a living. His family loved him and his fans loved him. He was irreplaceable,” his daughter, J.C. Lee, said in a statement to the Media.

She did not mention Lee’s cause of death but the TMZ celebrity news website said an ambulance was called to Lee’s Hollywood Hills home early Monday and that he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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