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Comic book legend Stan Lee passes away

American comic book writer Stan Lee who gave life to famous Marvel superheroes has died at the age of 95.

Lee died early Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a family representative.

Kirk Schenck, the lawyer of Lee’s daughter, J.C. Lee, also confirmed the news.

According to Independent, Lee had suffered from pneumonia earlier this year and revealed last year that he has been struggling with vision issue causing him to no longer read the comic books he created.

Lee started his career in 1939 as an assistant at Timely Comics, which was eventually rebranded as Marvel Comics.

The brand Marvel started in 1961 with “The Fantastic Four”, which Lee created with his colleague Jack Kirby.

Since then, he has created several other comics and gave life to some of the most well-known superheroes, such as Spider-Man, Black Panther, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, Thor, Iron Man, Daredevil, Ant-Man, and the X-Men.

All of the mentioned comic book characters have been featured on film adaptation which all became blockbuster hits all over the world. He even had cameo roles on some of the Marvel superhero films.

Hollywood actors who have portrayed Marvel superheroes on the big screen, such as Chris Evans (Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), and Chris Hemsworth (Thor) paid tribute to the legendary writer.

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