Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Actor; best known as TV's "Batman" -- via . AKA William West Anderson. A childhood icon, West's poker-faced, tongue-in-cheek approach defined camp for a generation. For the younger set, it was amazing. I was 5 years old when the show went on the air, and I was obsessed with everything Batman, never missing an episode. He worked extensively in television before his big break, and he took his unexpected and strange popularity in stride, accepting it with humor and dignity. P.S. He could actually act, and was a gifted comic performer. I wrote a silly Batman sketch years later as a comic, and a friend of mine later procured Adam West's signature on a photo of him as Batman for me -- a treasure I will always keep.
A marvelous actress -- via Deadline. She started out strong, in theater in Chicago and New York. She will be best remembered for her breakout role in the 1988 film "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," and continued to do a massive amount of work on film, in TV, and on stage for decades. She had a great, very readable face, and she had the rare gift of really LISTENING in a scene; a lively presence.
Actor, screenwriter, and producer -- via Variety. Best remembered as a co-star of TV's "77 Sunset Strip," a popular actor who went into management. He also wrote one of Earth's worst films -- 1970's "C.C. & Company," co-starring Ann-Margret and . . . Joe Namath.
