Stan Lee (24), inventor of "Spider-Man," marries in 1947. Boocock, Joan Clayton
The 69-year marriage of Stan and Joan Lee was a love tale that should never have occurred. The explanation for this is simple: she was already married to another man when Stan declared his everlasting love for her. On December 5, 1947, he married Joan Clayton Boocock, originally from Newcastle, England, and in 1949, the pair purchased a home in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island, where they lived until 1952. Joan Celia "J. C." Lee, their daughter, was born in 1950. Jan Lee, another daughter, died a few days after her birth in 1953.
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