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    Kevin Conroy, who died at 66, was maybe the greatest performer of Batman ever

    Glen Weldon says actor Kevin Conroy, the voice of the Caped Crusader in Batman: The Animated Series and other projects, kept his portrayal cool, wry, and unforced.
    by Glen Weldon Nov 11, 2022 3 minutes
    Kevin Conroy has died at age 66. He's shown above at New York Comic Con in 2019.

    Actor Kevin Conroy has died. He was 66.

    Conroy voiced the Caped Crusader on Batman: The Animated Series from 1992 to 1996, as well as in 15 films, 15 animated series and two dozen video games. To several generation of fans, including mine, he simply...was Batman.

    That's because Conroy understood something very fundamental about the character that no other actor to play Batman ever has:

    Batman isn't a disguise. Batman is

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