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DIED. Dave Cockrum, 63, comic-book illustrator whose characters revitalized the X-Men in the '70s and helped build the title into a lucrative colossus, spawning toys, video games and a film franchise; of complications from diabetes; in Belton, S.C. Cockrum, who grew up reading Captain Marvel, got his big break inking DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes strip. After moving to Marvel, he created, with writer Len Wein, such X-Men as the weather-manipulating Storm, below, who was played by Halle Berry on the big screen. When asked why he worked in comics rather than another art form...
...DIED. Dave Cockrum, 63, illustrator whose characters such as the weather-manipulating Storm (pictured above), created with writer Len Wein, revitalized the comic book X-Men in the '70s and helped build the title into a lucrative colossus, spawning action figures, video games and a film franchise; in Belton, South Carolina...
BORN: Sept. 25, 1949, East St. Louis EDUCATION: Belleville Area College, A.A., 1971; Maryville College, B.A., 1973 FAMILY: Wife, Georgia Cockrum; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Law-enforcement official political career: St. Clair County Board chairman, 1980-88. U.S. House, 1988- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8250, Belleville...
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