TMZ broke the news that comic legend Stan Lee has passed at age 95 according to his daughter J.C.. Lee’s wife of 69 years, Joan, passed away in 2017.

An ambulance was called to his home early Monday morning and he was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he passed away. Lee had been suffering from numerous ailments and illness over the past few years.

Born Stanley Martin Leiber, he became an assistant in 1939 at Timely Comics, which would later become Marvel Comics. There, along with a myriad of other talent, he helped usher in the modern mythologies we know today.

Lee joined the army in 1942 where he was a member of the Signal Corps, repairing communication equipment. He later transfered to the Training Film Division where he worked on manuals, film, and occasionally comics.

Lee helped usher in the modern superhero era starting in the 1960s starting with the Fantastic Four, and helped co-create the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, X-Men, Daredevil Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and more.

After his stint at Marvel he went on to numerous other business ventures and created many more characters but none quite measured up to the Marvel magic. In recent years, he turned to the big screen with appearances in numerous comic films and he himself became a pop culture icon.