“Miss This Guy”: Emotional Lou Ferrigno Is Still Grieving the Loss of Man Who Was Like His Second Father

Lou Ferrigno first came to public attention with his beast body in the early 70s when he won multiple bodybuilding titles. Later, he, along with Arnold, featured in a Docudrama in 1977 called the Pumping Iron, which was a huge revolution in the field of bodybuilding as a sport. But the next step in Lou’s life changed his career forever. He acted in a superhero series called The Incredible Hulk.

The movie changed Ferrigno’s life forever and made him a humongous star of America. Similarly, the credit goes to this person, Stan Lee. One of the greatest creators and writers of all time, Ferrigno still grieves his father figure after four years of his demise and wrote a few words for him.

Lou Ferrigno remembered his cameo partner

Lou Ferrigno was the first to play one of the all-time popular characters in Marvel that began telecasting in 1977. It became an enormous hit, and Ferrigno became a household name. Moreover, after the series, his association with the character continued, so much so that he even gave the voice to Hulk several times.

Similarly, Stan Lee was also one of the cameo characters that showed up in every marvel movie. However, recently Ferrigno recalled his cameo mate when he posted a story of a post he uploaded on 7th December 2021. He wrote, “He was the best! Miss you @therealstanlee”.

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The writing marvel died on November 12, 2018, due to cardiac arrest. Ferrigno remembers the good times he had spent with Lee and expressed the void of his good friend after four years of his demise. 

How did Stan Lee create this superhero world?

Stan Lee, originally named Stanley Martin Lieber, was one of the creative minds behind the world of superheroes. He helped in creating many characters in the Marvel comics such as the Fantastic Four, Avengers, and X-Men. The other two people that were with him from the beginning were Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.

Lee began his career by working as an editorial assistant in Timely Comics and gradually created such incredible characters. He was also honored with the National Medal of Arts in 2008 for his outstanding creations. 

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Lou Ferrigno and Stan Lee shared a wonderful friendship. Ferrigno still misses his cameo partner years after he passed away. They enjoyed each other’s company and, as Ferrigno said, Stan was an incredible person to share the stage with as his favorite cameo star. Which one of the characters by Stan Lee is your favorite?