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Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin in a scene from "Batman."
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Adam West
Died on June 9, 2017 at age 88
A classically handsome baritone actor, Mr. West turned a comic-book superhero into live-action Pop Art in the 1960s television series “Batman.”
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.