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.
There will never be another Stan Lee. For decades he provided both young and old with adventure, escape, comfort, confidence, inspiration, strength, friendship and joy. He exuded love and kindness and will leave an indelible mark on so, so, so many lives. Excelsior!!
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) November 12, 2018
Damn… RIP Stan. Thanks for everything. pic.twitter.com/TMAaDJSOhh
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) November 12, 2018
Sad, sad day. Rest In Power, Uncle Stan. You have made the world a better place through the power of modern mythology and your love of this messy business of being human… pic.twitter.com/x6yZ6ClNSX
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 12, 2018