DAVE COCKRUM LIVED HIS DREAM

X-Men illustrator Dave Crockum died peacefully Sunday evening in his home. CNN reports:

Wearing Superman pajamas and covered with his Batman blanket, comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday.

The 63-year-old overhauled the X-Men comic and helped popularize the relatively obscure Marvel Comics in the 1970s. He helped turn the title into a publishing sensation and major film franchise.

Cockrum died in his favorite chair at his home in Belton, South Carolina, after a long battle with diabetes and related complications, his wife Paty Cockrum said Tuesday. At Cockrum's request, there will be no public services and his body will be cremated, according to Cox Funeral Home. His ashes will be spread on his property. A family friend said he will be cremated in a Green Lantern shirt.

I know. You expect me to tear into a grown man for wearing Superman pj’s, and covered in his Batman blanket. But if you knew me, you’d know I have a very special fondness for those of the “geek” persuasion. And the way I see it, if you can live your life doing what you love, living your passion and seeing it through to the end, then you have lived well. And when we come to the end of our rainbows, may the rest of us be so lucky as to see our dreams come to fruition and then die peacefully in our sleep, at home, in our favorite chair.

Rock on, Dave.