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Famous superhero straight for kids and funny for adults, Adam West has passed away at the age 88.His straight-faced portrayal of Batman in a campy 1960s TV series lifted the tight-clad “Caped Crusader” into the national consciousness. His publicist Molly Schoneveld said on Saturday that West died has passed away on Friday night after “a short but brave fight with leukemia”. His family said in a statement that west played the superhero straight for kids and funny for adults. He said in a 2014 interview to The Associated that he initially chaffed at being typecast after “Batman” went off the air after three seasons, but in later years he admitted he was pleased to have had a role in kicking off a big-budget film franchise by showing the character’s wide appeal. “You get terribly typecast playing a character like that”.

Burt Ward, who played Batman’s sidekick, Robin, was friends with West for more than 50 years. Ward told the Variety entertainment media outlet that we shared some of the most fun times of our lives together. “This is a terribly unexpected loss of my lifelong friend. I will forever miss him”. A whole new generation of fans knew West as the voice of nutty Mayor Adam West on the long-running animated series “Family Guy”. “Adam West was a joy to work with, and the kind of guy you always wanted to be around,” “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane said in a statement MacFarlane added: “His positivity, good nature, and sense of fun were undeniable, and it was always a big jolt of the best kind of energy when he walked in to record the show. He knew comedy, and he knew humanity.