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Adam West, forever known to many as Batman and whose name is synonymous with taking

your most famous role and parodying it, has passed away. He was 88.

Born in 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, West was eventually drafted into the
United States army where he acted as an announcer on American Forces Network
television. Prior to Batman, West appeared in a number of TV Westerns, The
Invisible Enemy episode of The Outer Limits, and had a supporting part in The
Detectives Starring Robert Taylor.

All of that paled in comparison to Batman, which premiered in 1966, and was a
cultural phenomenon. It is iconic both as a symbol of the 60s and as one of the
most influential versions of the caped crusader. West himself was inextricably
linked to the character for the rest of his life.

And while West did end up typecast because of the part, he later embraced it,
reprising his role as Batman, playing parodies of Batman, or playing parodies of an
actor who had one iconic superhero role. He kept the legacy alive for a whole new
generation through voice work. He voiced a superhero who turned out to just be an
older actor in Kim Possible and who just happened to be named Timothy North. Hes
famously the the deranged mayor of Quahog, Adam West.

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