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Stanley Martin Lieber was born on December 28, 1922 in Manhattan, New York.

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At age 20, he debuted as a screenwriter with a two-page story starring Captain America.

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He married Joan Clayton Boocock on December 5, 1947.

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In 1960 Stan Lee was about to leave Marvel Comics, but his wife convinced him to create "the comic he wanted to do."

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Since the MCU was released in 2008, Stan Lee has received symbolic tributes, by way of cameo, in most of his films.

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In November 12, 2018, Stan Lee died of a cardiorespiratory arrest caused by pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 95.