Adam West, The First Man To Play Batman Dies at Age 88, Read Ten Interesting Facts about Him

7 His most prized possession

Among his most prized possessions is a drawing of Batman by the comic's creator Bob Kane with the inscription “To my buddy Adam, who breathed life into my pen and creation.”

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8 Adam West worked as a TV announcer in the army

He was drafted into the Army where he served as an announcer on the American armed forces network Television. He had also worked as the station manager at Stanford where he studied as a graduate student.

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9 He was offered the role of James Bond

After Batman’s successful run, it soon lost popularity and was ultimately canceled. West was offered to play James Bond in Diamonds are Forever by producer Albert Broccoli but he declined saying the role was best suited to an Englishman as Bond was an English character.

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10 He cried when he didn’t get the role of Thomas Wayne in 1989

Among facts about Adam West, when he did not get the role of Thomas Wayne in Tim Burton’s Batman of 1989, he cried for almost an hour. Adam West died after a short struggle with leukemia. May his soul rest in peace.

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