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(LOS ANGELES) — The Bat-Signal will shine over Los Angeles in tribute to the late Adam West, the actor best-known for playing Batman in the campy 1960 television series.
West died Friday at age 88.
Mayor Eric Garcetti says the Bat-Signal will be lit at L.
A.’s City Hall at 9 p.m. Thursday.
Perhaps it needs no explanation, but in the Batman comics, movies, and TV shows, the Bat-Signal is a spotlight with the silhouette of Batman’s winged emblem that is shown on the night sky to call for Batman’s help.
Garcetti announced the event on Twitter and added the hashtag, #BrightKnight.
Batman is often referred to as the Dark Knight, but West’s children said in a statement that he aspired to positivity and always saw himself as “The Bright Knight.”
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