Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Joanne Siegel, R. I. P.

Joanne Siegel, the Model for Lois Lane, Dies at 93 - NYTimes.com: "Joanne Siegel, who as a Cleveland teenager during the Depression hired herself out as a model to an aspiring comic book artist, Joe Shuster, and thus became the first physical incarnation of Lois Lane, Superman’s love interest, died on Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 93.

Ms. Siegel was married to Shuster’s partner and Superman co-creator, the writer Jerry Siegel. Their daughter, Laura Siegel Larson, confirmed her death."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

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