Stan Lee, who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes that became mythic figures in pop culture with soaring success at the movie box office, died on November 12, 2018, at the age of 95.
The cause of his death was not reported but according to some celebrity news websites, an ambulance was called to his Hollywood Hills home early Monday and he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
At the age of 17, he became an errand boy at Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel
He got the job with help from an inside connection, his uncle, according to Lee's autobiography 'Excelsior!'
Lee soon earned writing duties and promotions. He penned everything from western stories and romances to superhero tales
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