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Joan Lee, the wife of the great Stan Lee, died Thursday in Los Angeles. She died at 95.
"I can confirm the sad news that Joan Lee passed away this morning quietly and surrounded by her family," a spokesperson for Stan Lee and his family told THR. "The family ask that you please give them time to grieve and respect their privacy during this difficult time."
According to sources, Joan suffered a stroke earlier this week and was hospitalized.
Stan Lee and his wife were married on December 5, 1947, and they had two children Joan Celia, who was born in 1950, and Jan, who died three days after she was born 1953.
On Thursday, Marvel paid tribute to her in a statement: "We are so saddened to hear about the loss of Joan Lee. We lost a member of the Marvel family today and our thoughts and prayers go out to Stan and his daughter Joan in this difficult time."
On Friday, Stan Lee's Twitter account shared a cartoon of the couple together, swinging off into the sunset:
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