Inspiration for Lois Lane Dies at 93

Joanne Siegel, the woman who inspired the character of Lois Lane, died at age 93.

Joanne met co-creators of Superman Joe Shuster and Jerome Siegel when she was just 15 or 16. The love interest of Superman became the real-life love interest of Jerome, and the two married in 1948. After Jerome died in 1999, Joanne fought to preserve the legacy of the creators of Superman, helping secure a large share of “Superman” for the Siegel and Shuster families.

See Claudine Zap, The Woman Behind Superman: Inspiration for Lois Lane Dies, Yahoo! TV, Feb. 15, 2011.

Special thanks to David S. Luber (Attorney at law, Florida Probate Attorney Wills and Estates Law Firm) for bringing this to my attention.