Stan Lee Showed Me It Was OK to Love Both Art and Politics

Editor's note: This weekend's "Avengers: Endgame" will feature Stan Lee's final posthumous cameo in a Marvel film, . Playwright and Marvel fan Lissa Brennan penned this remembrance for Legacy.

George H.W. Bush (1924–2018), 41st president of the United States

George Herbert Walker Bush served as president from 1989 to 1993.

Gloria Katz (1942–2018), “American Graffiti” screenwriter

Script doctor for “Star Wars” who gave Princess Leia her strength.

Ricky Jay (1946–2018), magician and character actor

The sleight of hand master starred in “Boogie Nights”

Bernardo Bertolucci (1941–2018), Oscar-winning Italian director

Acclaimed films include “The Last Emperor” and “Last Tango in Paris.”

Vernita Lee (1935–2018), Oprah Winfrey’s mother

Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey’s mother, has died at the age of 83, according to multiple news sources. She died on Thanksgiving Day.

Devin Lima (1977 - 2018), LFO singer

The pop band was known for their hit song “Summer Girls”

William Goldman (1931 – 2018), Academy Award-winning screenwriter

William Goldman, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) and “All the President's Men” (1976), died Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in Manhattan of colon cancer and pneumonia, according to multiple news sources. He was 87.

Richard Proudfit (1929–2018), founder of Feed My Starving Children charity

Richard Proudfit founded Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), a Christian non-profit organization that sends nutritious meals to hungry children worldwide.

Roy Clark (1933-2018), “Hee Haw” star

Country music legend was a renowned guitarist.

Katherine MacGregor (1925 - 2018), Harriet Oleson on “Little House on the Prairie”

Played the gossipy neighbor of the Ingalls family.

Stan Lee (1922–2018), the great American writer who launched the Marvel Comics universe

Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics giant who created some of the most recognizable comic book heroes in history, died Monday, November 12, 2018, at the age of 95. According to multiple news sources, he died early in the morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

David Pearson (1934–2018), NASCAR’s “Silver Fox”

Hall of Fame driver, second in all-time wins.

Wally Triplett (1926–2018), pioneering NFL running back

First black player drafted in the NFL to play a regular season game.

Kitty O’Neil (1946–2018), pioneering deaf Hollywood stuntwoman

Legendary daredevil set the land speed record for female drivers.

Roy Hargrove (1969–2018), Grammy-winning visionary jazz trumpeter

Worked with Common and Erykah Badu.