Images from the Adam West Bat-Signal tribute
On June 15 tens of thousands of fans paid tribute to the late great Adam West in Los Angeles along with West’s family and friends.
The Bat-Signal was lit on June 15 to celebrate the life of actor Adam West, who passed away after a battle with leukemia at the age of 88. The city of Los Angeles came together to pay tribute to West by lighting the Bat-Signal at City Hall with the mayor and chief of police in attendance along with West’s family, his Batman costars, and thousands of Batman fans.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Chief Charlie Beck were there with the iconic Bat-Phone, the red telephone from the 1960s show that provided a direct line from the police commissioner’s office to the Batcave.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Department Chief Charlie Beck pay tribute to “Batman” TV series star Adam West with ceremonial lighting of the Bat-signal at City Hall in Los Angeles on June 15, 2017. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for DC Entertainment)
Among the guests in attendance were Burt Ward, who played Batman’s faithful sidekick Robin, and Lee Meriweather, one of the three women who brought Catwoman to life.
As a tribute to “Batman” TV series star Adam West, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Police Department Chief Charlie Beck, Diane Nelson, President of DC Entertainment and President of Warner Bros. Consumer Products, and series co-stars Burt Ward and Lee Meriwether join West’s family, including wife Marcelle West, at ceremonial lighting of the Bat-signal at City Hall in Los Angeles on June 15, 2017. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for DC Entertainment)
In a tribute ceremony for “Batman” TV series star Adam West, actor and BATMAN ’66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET co-writer Ralph Garman joins series co-stars Lee Meriwether and Burt Ward at City Hall in Los Angeles on June 15, 2017. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for DC Entertainment) Image of ceremonial Bat-signal is projected onto City Hall in tribute to “Batman” TV series star Adam West. The Bat-signal was lit by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Department Chief Charlie Beck in Los Angeles on June 15, 2017. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for DC Entertainment) Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and “Batman” TV series star Burt Ward, at tribute ceremony for Adam West at City Hall in Los Angeles on June 15, 2017. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for DC Entertainment)
Fans dressed in their Batman finery, and the original 1960s Batmobile was also there for the occasion. Jim Lee was there as both a fan and as the main man at DC Comics.
“Batman” TV series star Burt Ward poses with the original Batmobile at a tribute ceremony for Adam West at City Hall in Los Angeles on June 15, 2017. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for DC Entertainment)
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“Batman” TV series star Burt Ward and DC Publisher Jim Lee at a tribute ceremony for Adam West at City Hall in Los Angeles on June 15, 2017. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for DC Entertainment)
There’s no question that Adam West will be missed, but it’s absolutely certain that the Bright Knight will not be forgotten.