'BATMAN's original actor Adam West dies

Adam West, star of the popular and campy 1960s "Batman" TV show, died Friday night after "a short but brave battle with leukemia," his family said in a statement. He was 88.                                                                                            In a signature role, West played Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, the crime-fighting, costumed Batman, a popular comics character who came to life on the ABC-TV series. The show, with a catchy -- some might say aggravating -- theme song, earned a cult following. Burgess Meredith, from left, as the Penguin, Cesar Romero as the Joker and Adam West on "Batman."                         The series lasted three seasons and enjoyed a long afterlife in syndication.West later supplied the voice of Mayor Adam West, the oddball leader of Quahog, Rhode Island, on the animated series "Family Guy."