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Stan Weston at his Manhattan office in 1990 with characters he had licensed. Besides designing G.I. Joe, he created Captain Action and helped develop the cartoon series “Thundercats.”
C.J. Zumwalt for New York Daily News; thumbnail, The Strong
Stan Weston
Died on May 1, 2017 at age 84
Mr. Weston’s concept for a military action figure became the heroic G.I. Joe, one of the most popular toys ever produced.
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.