PhotoAdam West, the classically handsome baritone actor who turned a comic-book superhero into live-action Pop Art in the 1960s television series “Batman,” died on Friday in Los Angeles. Mr. West dismissed that label but proudly described the show as farce. He graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla and briefly did graduate work at Stanford University. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe popularity of the “Batman” series was international, and fans had long memories. In 2005, Mr. West was interviewed for an article in The Independent of London.

Source: New York Times June 10, 2017 19:37 UTC